I believe it looks for project(s) containing Maven (source) in Eclipse. Typically it makes it easier to test latest-n-greatest of Maven while developing on it. From my POV I don't think it is suitable for your usecase as it would require the user to have the Maven source as open eclipse (m2e) projects in their workspace.
If you want to have a good end user experience your should provide an patched m2e plugin with the maven version you want, as it would then use that maven version for dependency resolution in Eclipse as well (which it won't when you point at an external installation). Not an easy task though, which is why I always let the Maven version in m2e decide the Maven version we use on CLI as well as in CI. /Anders On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Daniel Mueller <daniel.muel...@osthus.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I am just about to configure m2e to use an external maven installation, > and when I do this I always wondered what this WORKSPACE installation is > and how I can configure it. I have found no useful info online and nothing > about this in the documentation, so a s a last resort I am asking this here > J > > > > Here is a screenshot of what I tried to explain: > > > > > > > > At our company, we setup a lot of eclipse environments, and I am thinking > that this might make our life easier. I am guessing that it is just looking > for a certain folder inside the workspace? > > > > > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind Regards > > Daniel Mueller > ________________________________________________ > *OSTHUS GmbH* > Eisenbahnweg 9 - 11 > Eingang TH 6 > 52068 Aachen > > T +49 241-94314-232 > F +49 241-94314-19 > daniel.muel...@osthus.com > www.osthus.com > > LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/osthus> Twitter > <https://twitter.com/OSTHUS> Youtube > <https://www.youtube.com/user/OsthusCompany> > > > > Handelsniederlassung: 52068 Aachen > Register: Amtsgericht Aachen, HRB 6398 > Geschäftsführer: Dr. Torsten Osthus, Wolfgang Colsman, Andreas Mohr > ________________________________________________ > Der Inhalt dieser E-Mail ist ausschließlich für den bezeichneten > Adressaten bestimmt. Wenn Sie nicht der vorgesehene Adressat dieser E-Mail > oder dessen Vertreter sein sollten, so beachten Sie bitte, dass jede Form > der Kenntnisnahme, Veröffentlichung, Vervielfältigung oder Weitergabe des > Inhalts dieser E-Mail unzulässig ist. Wir bitten Sie, sich in diesem Fall > mit dem Absender der E-Mail in Verbindung zu setzen. > ________________________________________________ > The information contained in this email is intended solely for the > addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are > not the intended recipient, any form of disclosure, reproduction, > distribution or any action taken or refrained from in reliance on it, is > prohibited and may be unlawful. Please notify the sender immediately. > > > > _______________________________________________ > m2e-users mailing list > m2e-users@eclipse.org > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe > from this list, visit > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users >
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