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Fred Bricon commented on ARCHETYPE-438:
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I wish I had seen that change way earlier so that I could express my concerns
about it :
- m2e depends on this to allow users to create projects from arbitrary repos (I
personally use that heavily)
- this represents a regression in a major version without prior warning (there
was no deprecation phase AFAICT)
> Remove support for specifying catalogs through direct URLs
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> Key: ARCHETYPE-438
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARCHETYPE-438
> Project: Maven Archetype
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Generator
> Environment: n/a
> Reporter: Anders Hammar
> Assignee: Robert Scholte
> Fix For: 3.0.0
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> It is currently possible to specify a archetype catalog through a file: or
> http: URL (via the archetypeCatalog param). This adds the possibility to go
> outside of the configured Maven infrastructure which causes problems and
> unpredicted side-effects.
> I strongly argue that the plugin should work with the Maven settings and
> infrastructure in place and not allow for going outside of this. For example,
> in a setup where there is a Maven repo manager in place it should always be
> used and the user should not be allowed to side-step it through the support
> of the plugin. If an additional source should be used, it should be setup
> properly in the Maven configuration/infrastructure.
> I also believe the current support is a legacy from the old days when the
> catalog at central was not complete, but one had to used additional catalogs
> in the Internet.
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