On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Oleg Kalnichevski <[email protected]> wrote: > Markus Wiederkehr wrote: >> >> I get the same error if I run "mvn clean package install site" >> locally. Should we add the stage repository without a profile? >> >> Markus > > > Hi Markus > > I am not sure I understand. The profile basically disables the staging > repository which I suspected was the cause of the problem. > > Folks, > > I am sorry if this sounds like a silly question, but why do we need a > staring repository in the first place?
history AIUI it was originally developed as a solution to address security concerns about the maven repository. it's been retained so far to allow off line maven builds. personally, i'm agnostic towards it. - robert
