Hello, I just submitted some patches to cover the basic functionalities for this new feature. I got Item #2 covered but Item #3 will still need some work, and there was another patch for the UI submitted by Marica. Anybody wants to review 'em? :)
Cheers, Nap P.S. More work needed for the metadata and nexus index thingies. On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 5:46 PM, nicolas de loof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2.1.bis - on metadata request, merge all repositories metadatas > > 2.1.ter - on index request (nexus index requested by many m2eclipse > users), > merge all repositories indexes > > Nico. > > > 2008/4/17, Maria Odea Ching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > A group of us here from Exist bounced around some thoughts on how to > > approach implementing the virtual repositories concept in Archiva ( > > http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRM-694). So far, we've came up with a > > list > > of things that might need to be changed in order to implement this > > feature: > > > > 1. Configuration -- add the repository group in managed repositories > > configuration. It is assumed here that a repository can belong to > multiple > > repository groups. > > 1.1 UI > > - update the repositories page (add a field that contains the list > of > > repo groups -- the list can be links to the browse by repository groups) > > - browse repository groups page > > - repo group connectors page (similar to proxy connector) > > > > 1.2 archiva.xml > > - add a RepositoryGroup class in configuration model > > - set a default configuration for the repo group (might not be > > necessary) > > > > 2. Webdav module > > 2.1 handle requests with repository group urls > > - iterate through the repositories under the group and return the > > first > > artifact found. If not found, return a 404. > > > > 2.2 attempt to deploy in the group should return a "BAD REQUEST" > > > > 3. Security/permission > > 3.1 ignore the repositories which the user does not have permission > to > > access (this would tie up with 2.1) > > > > Wdyt? > > Suggestions, comments, violent reactions are all welcome :-) > > > > > > Thanks, > > Deng > > >
