Apache parent pom

[Stevo Slavić <ss...@gmail.com>]

Hello Maven users,

Apache parent pom, like one for version 7 which is being voted on these
days, contains apache.snapshots repository declaration. Why is that
apache.snapshots repository definition needed? IMO it is in contradiction
with rules for deploying artifacts on central repository, and it makes
builds with dependencies report last longer than what's necessary.

Regards,
Stevo.

Re: Apache parent pom

[Stephen Connolly <st...@gmail.com>]

this definition is for -Snapshot dependencies only. since artifacts  
deployed to central cannot have -snapshot dependencies, then the build  
should not be affected by the -snapshot only repository. the rules for  
central state that you cannot reference any repositories with the  
exception of -snapshot only repositories.

fair enough if it is slowing down the build, but the issue arrises  
durind development. you may have multiple projects advanced to the  
next -snapshot version (and you are planning on releasing them all in  
a chain) if we don't reference the snapshot only repo, then you would  
have to install locally the set of artifacts.  I might be working on  
the latest compiler plugin, somebody else is publishing snapshots of  
surefire without the snapshot only repo I would have to build surefire  
myself to test the interop between the two

Sent from my [rhymes with tryPod] ;-)

On 26 Dec 2009, at 16:12, Stevo Slavić <ss...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Maven users,
>
> Apache parent pom, like one for version 7 which is being voted on  
> these
> days, contains apache.snapshots repository declaration. Why is that
> apache.snapshots repository definition needed? IMO it is in  
> contradiction
> with rules for deploying artifacts on central repository, and it makes
> builds with dependencies report last longer than what's necessary.
>
> Regards,
> Stevo.

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