It is determined by the updatePolicy for the repo. Default is 24 hours. http://maven.apache.org/ref/3.0.3/maven-settings/settings.html
Look for updatePolicy. > -----Original Message----- > From: Phillip Hellewell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 1:49 PM > To: Maven Users List > Subject: When does maven check for updated snapshots? > > I can't seem to find any documentation on this, so maybe you can just > tell > me. What is the exact rule for when Maven will check for a newer > snapshot > from a remote repo (when you're not using -U) ? > > It seems to be something like: > 1. If you don't already have the snapshot it will check. > 2. If your latest snapshot is older than 24 hours it will check. > > But that's just me kinda guessing. I don't know what the exact rule > is, but > I would like to. > > Phillip
