Hi, @Paul:
This would also have downsides like having to bind yourself to a process where you need to download the remote repository's index at least once. These are usually not too small... If I recall correctly, Maven Central's index was something like 100 MB in .gz. (I'm talking off the top of my head, but I did some recent work on the maven-indexer and downloading the index from Central in order to run some tests took *a while* and we wouldn't want people to start saing: "Oh, Maven was this slow build tool (had to resolve a million dependencies) and now it's even slower. We should switch to some-next-cool-build-tool-goes-here") (I'm referring to Maven as slow not because it is, but because a lot of people have the feeling it takes ages to build some larger projects due to the resolution of dependencies). You will also need to update this local index on a regular basis... Once a day at the very least. I'm not quite convinced this would be accepted well by everyone. There could also be an option where dependencies could be resolved on a mixed basis -- if you have an index, use/update it, if an option is specified; ignore it, if the option is not specified... I'm not saying the current model is the best, I'm just trying to illustrate the downsides of such a switch. Kind regards, Martin On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote: > I agree with anyone/everyone who says we should get rid of the idea of a > local repository. It should just be looked at as a local "remote" repo with > some default intermediary repository manager built-in to Maven. Jason, is > that what you're referring to? > > > Cheers, > Paul > > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Jason van Zyl <ja...@takari.io> wrote: > > > Yup, this is essentially what routing rules are in Nexus. Would likely > > make sense to move this logic into Maven to speed up lookups. > > > > I also think trying to have each dependency mark where it comes from as > > cumbersome. > > > > On Jul 7, 2014, at 9:45 AM, Daniel Kulp <dk...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > Personally, I’ve always wondered if the <repository> entries should > have > > an <includes> and <excludes> tags to say this repository should only be > > searched for these artifacts (like org.apache.*:*). Should help speed > the > > builds by not looking at every repository for every artifact when we know > > they are in central. > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 4, 2014, at 12:56 PM, Robert Scholte <rfscho...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > >> In addition to our hangout session: isn't it weird that for a > > dependency Maven can go over all the repositories, even though when an > > extra repository is added to the pom.xml, the developer knows exactly > which > > dependencies should make use of that repository. > > >> > > >> To me it would make sense if you could add a reference to the > > repository per dependency, like > > >> > > >> <dependency> > > >> <groupId>com.acme</groupId> > > >> <artifactId>specialtool</artifactId> > > >> <version>1.0-alpha-1</version> > > >> <repositoryId>acme-store</repositoryId> <!-- only look in this repo, I > > know it's not in Central --> > > >> </dependency> > > >> > > >> Robert > > >> > > >> Op Thu, 03 Jul 2014 00:37:17 +0200 schreef Mark Derricutt < > > m...@talios.com>: > > >> > > >>> On 3 Jul 2014, at 6:25, Robert Scholte wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> This is probably more than enough for tomorrow. > > >>> > > >>> A discussion on a merits and flaws of <repositories> (when combined > > with mirrors) is also warranted after some previous discussion on the > list. > > >>> > > >>> Mark > > >>> > > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > >> > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > >> > > > > > > -- > > > Daniel Kulp > > > dk...@apache.org - http://dankulp.com/blog > > > Talend Community Coder - http://coders.talend.com > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jason > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Jason van Zyl > > Founder, Apache Maven > > http://twitter.com/jvanzyl > > http://twitter.com/takari_io > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in > > moral philosophy; that is, > > the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. > > > > -- John Kenneth Galbraith > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
