Greetings,
We just recently started to use Archiva as our Maven repository
management tool and it fulfills already most of our requirements, so
first thanks for providing this very useful tool.
At the moment, it looks that one area for enhancement is the
development of a remote API to manage Archiva, for instance to create
repositories and configure them without requiring a Web UI. As a
second step, I would see for instance the possibility to develop Maven
plugins to ease the management of Archiva relying on this API
My question is the following: what is the current opinion of the
Archiva development community regarding such enhancements? Is it being
worked on, planned but not of high priority or completely left out of
the roadmap for a long while due to a lack of resources?
I have seen the following Wiki page about Web Services but it only
covers repository browsing and search capabilities:
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ARCHIVA/Archiva+Web+Services
I am also wondering about a REST vs WS API, which would enable easier
integration, for instance with non-Java applications that have limited
(or painful...) support for WS.
Thanks for your help!
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David Schmalz
