Sites such as www.mvnrepository.com are also helpful. The Nexus index of repo1.maven.org is ~24mb zipped: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/.index/
Wayne On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 7:13 AM, Marcelo Morales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I believe some work over the maven repo indexes is the way to go. The > maven plugin for netbeans already finds the library based on the > unqualified name of the class. I believe the central repo index is > about 10mb of gzip-compressed lucene index. That's a LOT of libraries > right there > > Regards > > Marcelo Morales > > On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 3:33 AM, David Linsin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> There's also SpringSource's Bundle Repository, which is a nice way to check >> out dependencies to a library you are using: >> >> http://www.springsource.com/repository >> >> with kind regards, >> >> David Linsin >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> blog: http://dlinsin.blogspot.com >> >> >> >> On Sep 19, 2008, at 11:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> >>> Just a quick comment on #206. Joe (I think) suggested that someone >>> should create a site that gave developers a way of finding Java >>> libraries and in some way assessing them. Whilst it is not >>> specifically focused on Java or libraries, and it only deals with open >>> source, http://www.ohloh.net is a community driven, searchable index >>> of projects. It gives you an idea of how healthy the project is in >>> terms of number of developers and recent activity. It keeps track of >>> the number of people who are using it and you can rate the projects >>> too. It also attempts to work out how much it would cost to develop >>> the project from scratch, which could be useful ammunition when trying >>> to convince someone not to "roll their own"! >>> >>> I've been using the site for a while and it's definitely getting >>> better as more developers contribute their experiences with projects. >>> Like any site of this kind, it needs to be the de-facto place where >>> people go for this information if it is ultimately going to succeed. >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
