I did it some time ago as this was condidered a good practice : define a common POM and checksums for artifacts that are not freely redistribuable, but that user may include in a custom repo.
There is some other entries en central like this one (metadatas without jar) 2010/1/11 Wayne Fay <[email protected]> > > What The F**k are the .md5 files for the jar doing there and no .jar? > > Yea, I noticed that too, and definitely find it odd. Perhaps someone > pushed the files there accidentally at some point? > > We probably need Carlos or another repo maintainer to make a comment. > It is possible the Jar was there (perhaps briefly) at some point and > was subsequently deleted due to licensing etc upon notification by > Oracle? > > Wayne > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
