I don't work on open source projects so I haven't faced this issue.
However I would think that the same server you plan to use to host
your project on could be used to host the dependency; the key is that
it has to be available just like yours.

-Dave

2010/3/30 Benoît Thiébault <[email protected]>:
> My software is an open source project (not released yet).
>
> I currently compile it with Ant and I store in my lib folder the JAR I 
> manually downloaded on the net.
>
> What will happen when I release the software ? I guess I will have to provide 
> this dependency JAR as well to new developers... This is not very maven-y... 
> Or should I then make my local repository public ?
>
> Le 30 mars 2010 à 17:29, Jeff MAURY a écrit :
>
>> If it does not exist on the cloud, don't try to put it there, there are
>> probably many reasons for that.
>> I would recommand that you install a Maven repository manager like Nexus and
>> once you've set it up, then deploy on it the missing jar and all your
>> internal Maven projects will see it now !!!
>>
>> Regards
>> Jeff MAURY
>>
>> 2010/3/30 Benoît Thiébault <[email protected]>
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> I am currently reading the very good Maven book from Nicolas De loof and
>>> Arnaud Héritier (written in French) and I have decided to convert one of my
>>> test projects to Maven. Unfortunately, I already have a problem :-).
>>>
>>> My software depends on an open source software, jlibeps (
>>> http://jlibeps.sourceforge.net/), but I can't find it in any Maven
>>> repository. This library seems not very maintained anymore, but it does what
>>> I need it to do. I don't want (yet) to host my own Maven repository and I
>>> was wondering what are my options here ? Should I create a POM file for the
>>> library and submit it to a Maven repository ? It seems (
>>> http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-central-repository-upload.html)
>>> the simplest way to do it would be to host is on an approved forge, but I
>>> don't own the project (that looks dead to me)...
>>>
>>> Thanks for your feedbacks
>>>
>>> Ben
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