I have been having a couple of private emails from developers encountering difficulty downloading jars (such as svg) from the maven repository. While the strategy of trying again and again will work ....
There are instructions on changing the mirror you use on this page: - http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/ADMIN/08+Libs+Refresh.xml+Ant+Script#08LibsRefresh.xmlAntScript-ChangingRepositorytoDownloadFrom For example I have a much better experience with: <settings> <mirror> <id>ibiblio</id> <name>ibiblio Mirror of http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/</name> <url>http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/maven2</url> <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf> </mirror> </settings> There are several other options: America: http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/maven2 Australia: http://public.planetmirror.com/maven2/ America: ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/packages/maven2 Europe: http://ftp.cica.es/mirrors/maven2 Not sure: http://ibiblio.lsu.edu/main/pub/packages/maven2 Changing to a mirror from you part of the world will make a massive difference. _______________________________________________ User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) http://udig.refractions.net http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel
