The idea is to try to download JARs from Maven Central, preferably. The way to find the correct binary is to use its hash in the advanced search to find the exact one you need.
Gj On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Lars Bruun-Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: > Picking up some more modules to review and I can see some of you go to > great length to find external binary in Maven Central (or elsewhere), even > where an exact match doesn't exist. (by exact match I mean where the hash > doesn't match) > > More specifically: > > Some external jars in the old NetBeans build have been stripped of their > signatures. Why? > > See Matthias' comment here: > https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans/pull/118# > issuecomment-336624270 > > In general: How much should I try to find the external binary in some > repo? >
