* Adapt a {@link MavenExecutionRequest} to a {@link Settings} object for use in the Maven core.
     * We want to make sure that what is ask for in the execution request overrides what is in the settings.
     * The CLI feeds into an execution request so if a particular value is present in the execution request
     * then we will take that over the value coming from the user settings.
     */

 *       {@code Number}, and primitive varargs are supported.
 *   <li>Or, to avoid storing up all the data first, create a {@link StatsAccumulator} instance,
 *       feed values to it as you get them, then call {@link StatsAccumulator#snapshot}.
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>Static convenience methods called {@code meanOf} are also provided for users who wish to
 * calculate <i>only</i> the mean.
 *