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Karl M. Davis commented on MRELEASE-890:
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Robert: I agree, auth is definitely not always required. But the interactive
prompts could cope with that case as well, e.g. "Hit ENTER for anonymous
logins."
> Prompt for usernames and passwords when running interactively
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> Key: MRELEASE-890
> URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-890
> Project: Maven Release Plugin
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: 2.5.1
> Reporter: Karl M. Davis
> Priority: Critical
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> I've been using the release plugin for years now, and also supporting a lot
> of other folks using it.
> It occurred to me today, that one of the most common sources of frustration
> and problems with the release plugin has been authentication: either users
> never added {{<server/>}} entries to their {{settings.xml}} or their password
> expired and they forgot to update it. Looking back... this has probably been
> the cause of around half of all the troubleshooting I've helped folks with.
> I think it'd really help the first-run experience for folks if the release
> plugin prompted users for their authentication credentials when they're
> needed: if they're missing in the {{settings.xml}} and if authentication
> failures are encountered. (Only when running interactively, of course.)
> I imagine a lot of other folks' experience here might mirror mine, especially
> in Windows domain environments with obnoxious password expiration policies.
> Even if passwords aren't expiring, though, it seems like I'm setting up a
> development environment on a new machine for myself or someone else about
> once a month. And the {{settings.xml}} authentication credentials are an
> oft-overlooked step.
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