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Peter Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 25/09/2003 12:56:56 PM:

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to use Mavens repository code in a few other applications. 
To do 
> this what I would like to do is separate out the repository, fetching, 
> verifying code into a separate component.
> 
> I have had a look at the current codebase and what documentation I 
> could find. 
> ie
> 
> http://wiki.codehaus.org/maven/ArtifactRepository
> http://wiki.codehaus.org/maven/IdGroupIdArtifactId
> http://wiki.codehaus.org/maven/ArtifactDownloading
> 
> What I want to do is essentially grab what you have now and extend 
> it in a few 
> wierd and wonderful ways. Essentially what I want to do is enable 
alternative 
> mechanisms for downloading remote artefacts. I also want to extend the 
> mechanism via which artefacts are matched so that you can *optionally* 
> support things like "request artefact version 1.1 and get reference to 
> 1.1.1". This may not be used by Maven but is useful in other contexts.
> 
> I want it to be extensively unit tested and will most likely 
> develope it using 
> TDD for the most part. However I expect that it will regularly be broken 
as I 
> experiment with different techniques and designs. 
> 
> So I guess I was wondering how you want to me to do this. I would like 
maven 
> to eventually use this once it stabilizes but in the meantime it is 
probably 
> best it evolves independently. 
> 
> Would the best way to do this for me to just build it independently and 
then 
> either donate it to maven at later stage or something?
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> 
> Peter Donald
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> former." -Albert Einstein 
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