[jira] (MNG-5428) Update documentation to make it clear released artifacts are *never* updated in the local cache

["Kent Moore (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

Kent Moore created MNG-5428:
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             Summary: Update documentation to make it clear released artifacts are *never* updated in the local cache
                 Key: MNG-5428
                 URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5428
             Project: Maven 2 & 3
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Documentation:  General
    Affects Versions: 3.0.4
            Reporter: Kent Moore
            Priority: Minor


A literal reading of the "updatePolicy" section of http://maven.apache.org/ref/3.0.4/maven-settings/settings.html, as well as  Maven help for the "-U" option, makes it seem as though Maven is capable of updating release artifacts in the local cache.  But that is not the case.

I believe the documentation in both areas should be updated to make it clear released artifacts are *never* re-downloaded to the local Maven cache, even if the repository manager contains a newer version of the release (which shouldn't ever happen, but....).

See http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-users/201301.mbox/%3CCANdpH_0qHU5grD%3D%3DPRWDJiU7YFsoqw8T0Az0XTJRD7%3DOtwMjtw%40mail.gmail.com%3E.




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