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Herve Boutemy updated MNG-5185:
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    Description: 
Based on a discussion on the users list [1], [Maven 3 has changed how it 
resolves artifacts from remote 
repositories|https://cwiki.apache.org/MAVEN/maven-3x-compatibility-notes.html#Maven3.xCompatibilityNotes-ResolutionfromLocalRepository].
  Unfortunately, when "conflicts" arise (GAV is cached in local repo retricted 
to some repository ids, but actual POM has no matching repository id declared), 
Maven just tells the user that the artifact could not be resolved.

This leads to confusion from users who find the .jar files in their local 
repository, and they just get frustrated and complain that "maven sucks".

It would be good if Maven was updated with some improved error messages along 
the lines of:

"The {GAV} artifact was found in your local repository, but came from the 
undeclared repository "xxx", either configure this in your pom with {insert 
sample XML block in error message}, or in your "yyy" mirror."

The "mirror" section of the error message should be included -if- the current 
~/.m2/settings.xml declares a mirror.  By improving the messages here we can 
help the users move on to building software, rather than pulling out their hair 
:)


[1] 
http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/Maven-3-maven-repositories-and-lastUpdated-td4927537.html

  was:
Based on a discussion on the users list [1], Maven 3 has changed how it 
resolves artifacts from remote repositories.  Unfortunately, when "conflicts" 
arise ( GAV is cached in local repo, but POM has no matching repository id 
declared ), Maven just tells the user that the artifact could not be resolved.

This leads to confusion from users who find the .jar files in their local 
repository, and they just get frustrated and complain that "maven sucks".

It would be good if Maven was updated with some improved error messages along 
the lines of:

"The {GAV} artifact was found in your local repository, but came from the 
undeclared repository "xxx", either configure this in your pom with {insert 
sample XML block in error message}, or in your "yyy" mirror."

The "mirror" section of the error message should be included -if- the current 
~/.m2/settings.xml declares a mirror.  By improving the messages here we can 
help the users move on to building software, rather than pulling out their hair 
:)


[1] 
http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/Maven-3-maven-repositories-and-lastUpdated-td4927537.html

    
> Improve "missing dependency" error message when _maven.repositories contains 
> other repository ids than requested
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MNG-5185
>                 URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5185
>             Project: Maven 2 & 3
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>    Affects Versions: 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4
>            Reporter: Mark Derricutt
>            Assignee: Olivier Lamy
>             Fix For: 3.1.x
>
>         Attachments: 
> 0001-MNG-5185-Warn-about-artifacts-present-but-not-availa.patch
>
>
> Based on a discussion on the users list [1], [Maven 3 has changed how it 
> resolves artifacts from remote 
> repositories|https://cwiki.apache.org/MAVEN/maven-3x-compatibility-notes.html#Maven3.xCompatibilityNotes-ResolutionfromLocalRepository].
>   Unfortunately, when "conflicts" arise (GAV is cached in local repo 
> retricted to some repository ids, but actual POM has no matching repository 
> id declared), Maven just tells the user that the artifact could not be 
> resolved.
> This leads to confusion from users who find the .jar files in their local 
> repository, and they just get frustrated and complain that "maven sucks".
> It would be good if Maven was updated with some improved error messages along 
> the lines of:
> "The {GAV} artifact was found in your local repository, but came from the 
> undeclared repository "xxx", either configure this in your pom with {insert 
> sample XML block in error message}, or in your "yyy" mirror."
> The "mirror" section of the error message should be included -if- the current 
> ~/.m2/settings.xml declares a mirror.  By improving the messages here we can 
> help the users move on to building software, rather than pulling out their 
> hair :)
> [1] 
> http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/Maven-3-maven-repositories-and-lastUpdated-td4927537.html

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