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ASF GitHub Bot commented on MNG-338: ------------------------------------ hboutemy opened a new pull request, #514: URL: https://github.com/apache/maven-site/pull/514 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-338 (Maven 2.0-alpha-2) = "provide some hand holding for dependencies on non-distributable jars" > provide some hand holding for dependencies on non-distributable jars > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-338 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-338 > Project: Maven > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Artifacts and Repositories, POM > Reporter: Brett Porter > Priority: Major > Fix For: 2.0-alpha-2 > > > We can create POMs for things like jdbc, jdo, etc, and just not house the > JARs at ibiblio. > An attempt to use them, when not present locally, should provide a sensible > error message. > We should provide a plugin that will install a file in the local repository, > ie: > m2 install:install -Dartifact=/path/to/jdbc-2.0.jar -DgroupId=jdbc > -DartifactId=jdbc -Dversion=2.0 > (modify the install:install mojo to allow taking these parameters instead of > a #project) -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)