It should work for your case. You check out the sources, build them with Internet once. Maven will download all dependencies. Afterwards copy your Maven directory (usually <USER>/.m2 directory - configurable) to your place without Internet. You will not only have the binaries, but as well dependent sources and JavaDoc (zipped as JAR). If you would have used ANT (or any other JAR based mechanism), you would still need to download the dependent JAR. In addition Maven is checking the JAR's signatures, which not every developer does or tends to forget. If you still want to develop, you have still the option to install yourself a local Maven repository, we did this once as well, there are several instructions on the Internet.
PS: If there is still a problem to build without Internet, for instance if an XML schema is required to be downloaded for every build, it is a bug and have to be fixed. And AFAIK subversion as a centralized revision control system does not allow commits without Internet as GIT or Mercurial does.. Regards, Svante On 11.07.2012 23:53, Steele, Raymond wrote: > Because I am using a system that does not and will not every have access to > the public internet. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Svante Schubert [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 1:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: Anyway to build the source using something other than > Maven? > > On 11.07.2012 21:46, Steele, Raymond wrote: >> Raymond Steele >> >> > Why? >
