On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Eugene Kuleshov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > James, > > I am not exactly sure what is the problem for Archiva or any other project > to use nexus indexer API. For instance, Archiva is already using number of > dependencies from outside of Maven project and even from outside Apache > umbrella and it doesn't seem to be an issue. > > As Jason already mentioned, index format could change, but we do make sure > that API still works, so you it would simply mean to update one of the > project dependencies.
as a user of the nexus indexer (in netbeans integration), I'm hoping this kind of statements only mean compatible changes in the index that will not break users of the old APIs. Can you confirm? Milos > > Also, you are more then welcome to discuss features and contribute code to > the nexus indexer component. > > regards, > Eugene > > > > James William Dumay wrote: >> >> I'm cool sticking with the Nexus index format - it works and there has >> been a successful uptake with different tool vendors - so it seems to >> be the defacto standard. We will certainly be using it in a future >> version of Archiva. >> >> What I would like to see would be that the index code becomes part of >> the Maven project itself and be the index standard for Maven >> repositories. >> >> This is good for the simple reason that other repository projects will >> not have to play constant catchup with Nexus if that index format >> changes - changes to the format can be discussed and worked on with >> the Maven community. On another note, if any fundamental changes are >> made to Maven in the future it ensures that the index format can grow >> with those changes. >> > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Central-repository-index-tp19191981p19194698.html > Sent from the Maven Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
