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Sean Gilligan edited comment on MNG-5749 at 1/3/15 6:44 PM: ------------------------------------------------------------ I'm spread pretty thin already on my side-projects and I'm not very knowledgeable about Maven or GVM beyond the user level. I'd be *very* happy to beta test something, but I'm not going to be able to contribute it. I really like GVM and it installs almost all the command-line JVM tools I need (I'm Groovy-focused, but still do Java, of course) The biggest thing missing from it in my opinion is Maven. Unfortunately, the GVM maintainer doesn't see Maven as a "Groovy" tool -- so I don't see that happening. Conversely, installing and keeping Maven up-to-date is more difficult than it should be and GVM (or something much like GVM would be a big improvement). I don't like using Brew for Java tools, but it seems like the best option for Mac OS, but I can't use it on the server. Anyway, I'm just making a suggestion that I think would help everyone in the ecosystem. was (Author: msgilligan): I'm spread pretty thin already on my side-projects and I'm not very knowledgeable about Maven or GVM beyond the user levels. I'd be *very* happy to beta test something, but I'm not going to be able to contribute it. I really like GVM and it installs almost all the command-line JVM tools I need (I'm Groovy-focused, but still do Java, of course) The biggest thing missing from it in my opinion is Maven. Unfortunately, the GVM maintainer doesn't see Maven as a "Groovy" tool -- so I don't see that happening. Conversely, installing and keeping Maven up-to-date is more difficult than it should be and GVM (or something much like GVM would be a big improvement). I don't like using Brew for Java tools, but it seems like the best option for Mac OS, but I can't use it on the server. Anyway, I'm just making a suggestion that I think would help everyone in the ecosystem. > Support installation of Maven via GVM (Groovy Versions Manager) > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-5749 > URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5749 > Project: Maven > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Deployment > Affects Versions: 3.2.5 > Environment: Mac OS & *NIX > Reporter: Sean Gilligan > > Installing and managing Maven versions could be made much easier with GVM. > GVM works great for managing Groovy, Grails, and Gradle versions. As far as I > know there is no technical reason it couldn't install and manage Maven as > well. > The GVM developers have no plans to add support for 'maven', but they may > accept a contribution. In the meantime I'm using Homebrew on Mac OS X, but > GVM would be much nicer. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.6#6162)