Maybe this is too weird, but Has anyone ever used Maven as an installation tool?
I've been thinking using Maven as a way to install and update software, and before I actually go and experiment with the idea I was wondering if other people have already thought of this. The idea would be that you have a simple bootstrap installer that installs and/or updates Maven first. Once Maven is installed/verified, you could then use it to pull down the rest of the solution artifacts from the network and then integrate them into the end solution. Over time you use the same mechanism to assist in software upgrades.
I suspect some people already do something like this for enterprise web applications, but I was thinking of something like a desktop application.
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