I stand corrected. Maven checks for snapshot updates once a day (according to that link below)...
On 14 February 2010 12:26, Paul Smith <psm...@aconex.com> wrote: > > On 13/02/2010, at 9:11 PM, Dan Washusen wrote: > > > Maven provides a "-o" argument and Ivy provides a "-Doffline=true" > > property. I haven't used the Ivy variant but if you're using SNAPSHOT > > dependencies it makes the build a lot quicker. I usually do an > infrequent > > online build then do the rest in offline mode... > > > > Maven also provides a "snapshot policy" that can be used to define the > > interval between snapshot checks. For example, "always", "daily", > > "interval:<in minutes>" or "never"... > > > http://maven.apache.org/ref/2.0.8/maven-settings/settings.html#class_snapshots > > > > As I understand it, I think the Maven default setting is no more than once > or twice a day to check for snapshot updates. I wonder if the current ivy > setting is just checking too often at the moment? (perhaps configurable). > > 'mvn -U' will force an update, I think '-o' for offline is a larger hammer > that shouldn't be necessary. > > Paul
