Sometime back I had the exact question in my mind and QoS (what you
mentioned as administration) and security were the only ones I could
think of.
Thanks,
Sahoo
David Weintraub wrote:
No one has answered the basic question: Why two repositories?
I know the differences between a release and snapshot. but that doesn't
explain why the releases and snapshots are in two separate repositories. Why
not keep both snapshots and releases in the same repository. We know
something is a snapshot simply because it has the word "SNAPSHOT" appended
to it.
Because of the dual repository structure, I have to configure everything
with two separate repository names, two separate repository URLs, and two
sets of accounts and passwords. So, why not simply have a single repository
which can store both snapshots and releases?
These are the only reasons I can think of:
* Administration: Backing up a release repository is extremely important.
Backing up snapshots -- not so much. But, is this actually true?
* Who can see what. I might want my snapshot repository available to my
developers, but not to the world. However, this would be more of something
my repository management software should be able to do.
* Releases should only be added to the release repository by a release
manager, and not by any developer. However, snapshots would be added by
developers. Again, this seems better handled via my repository management
software.
So, what is the reason to have two separate and distinct repositories for
snapshots and for releases?
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 4:43 AM, Costin Caraivan <[email protected]>wrote:
Hello,
I saw that most repositories are separated into releases and snapshots. And
that most repository managers recommend using releases and snapshots.
Now, I know what each of them is:
1. release -> stable version, will be uploaded only once, when you want to
change something you make a new release.
2. snapshots -> development version, usually overwritten (you can keep
multiple snapshots, but it's not usually done)
What are the benefits of having 2 separate repos? Cons & pros. Pros & cons
:)
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