I read the full blog and I didn't say "never ever do it" but just mentioned that it's a bad idea, and that's what the title of the blog (and my opinion) is :)
I should have added "it's a bad idea in most cases" though. - martin Am Tuesday 03 November 2009 22:43:59 schrieb Anders Hammar: > If you read the full blog post you'll see that it is not black and white. > There are use cases for putting it in the pom. > > /Anders > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 17:07, Martin Höller <mar...@xss.co.at> wrote: > > Am Tuesday 03 November 2009 11:43:43 schrieb Anders Hammar: > > > One way of adding a repo is explained here: > > > > http://thedevelopercorner.blogspot.com/2007/08/adding-repositories-to-mav > >en > > > > >-2.html However, you can add it in the pom as well. Which way to go kind > > > > of > > > > > depends on your scenario. Adding the the pom makes i portable, while > > > > adding > > > > > it to the settings.xml file forces everyone to do this configure to > > > their environment. > > > > Note, that adding repositories to your POM is a bad idea: > > > > http://www.sonatype.com/people/2009/02/why-putting-repositories-in-your-p > >oms-is-a-bad-idea/ > > > > hth, > > - martin -- Martin Höller | martin.hoel...@xss.co.at *x Software + Systeme | http://www.xss.co.at/ Karmarschgasse 51/2/20 | Tel: +43-1-6060114-40 A-1100 Vienna, Austria | Fax: +43-1-6060114-71
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