Hi!
There has been a lot problems with the 'old' apache snapshots repo [1]
recently. All the snapshots have basically been moved to the new Nexus based
snapshots repo recently due to the upgrade to apache-parent-7. The new
<distributionManagement> section derived from this parent pom now looks like
the following:
<distributionManagement>
<repository>
<id>apache.releases.https</id>
<name>Apache Release Distribution Repository</name>
<url>https://repository.apache.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
</repository>
<snapshotRepository>
<id>apache.snapshots.https</id>
<name>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</name>
<url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
</snapshotRepository>
</distributionManagement>
By upgrading to apache-parent-7 and using the features provided there, we would
gain significant benefits:
*) Apache wide homogenic release tasks (at least for all projects using maven)
*) _real_ source distribution packages and signing (ASF projects must be
rebuildable from the source packages)
*) Using Nexus for staging makes the release process a lot easier
*) move to the new official apache.snapshots repository. The old one really
makes a lot troubles under the hood...
WDYT?
LieGrue,
strub
[1]
scpexe://people.apache.org/www/people.apache.org/builds/myfaces/m2-staging-repository
