Yep. It's worth keeping in mind that the local repository is really just a cache. If you are all sharing a directory of JARs somewhere that should be a "remote" repository (these can be http, file or ftp based).
Layout of the remote repository different to Maven would require what Carlos brought up. Cheers, Brett On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:41:38 +0200, Carlos Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I suggest you to take a look to maven-proxy http://maven-proxy.codehaus.org > or repoweb http://repoweb.sourceforge.net/ to write a layer between maven > and your propietary repo, > Intercepting maven requests and translating them to your layout. > > Regards > > Carlos Sanchez > A Coru�a, Spain > http://www.jroller.com/page/carlossg/Weblog > > Oness Project > http://oness.sourceforge.net > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Didier Dubois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 11:26 PM > > To: Maven Users List > > Subject: Re: Local Repository layout? > > > > Hi Jason, > > > > Thanks for your quick answer. > > I understand your point of view, and fully agree with. > > > > However I live in situation where I cannot change anything in > > the current layout (which is great however, here, to have > > something that actually exists!) [You know,... the legacy > > stuffs, that where there even before Java was born :-)] > > > > Furthermore, the existing layout is not bad at all, so I have > > no agrument to bring thousands of developpers to follow the > > Maven directives. > > > > On the other side I would like to use Maven as I used it in > > former project (when I was able to decide the project layout > > and structure). I am missing all those Maven reports, > > dependency consistency,... and more,.... > > I know I can override some properties on the > > project.properties file, but it seems to me a little bit > > tedious, and certainly not the "correct way" to use Maven. > > (Am I wrong?) > > > > And I am pretty sure I am not the only one here that cannot > > use Maven, just because something alredy exists in their > > context. (votes...?) > > > > So may be can I develop a plugin or something to do the > > sutff? Any idea? > > direction to see (I've never created any Maven plugin),..... > > Other suggestion? > > Again, I would'nt like to modify the Maven code, even if I > > have a precise idea of what to do. > > > > Every remarks would be welcome! > > > > Regards, > > Didier > > > > > > Jason van Zyl wrote: > > > > >On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 14:22, Didier Dubois wrote: > > > > > > > > >>Dear All, > > >> > > >>I would like to use Maven in our current context. > > >>We already have a local repository with a consistent layout. > > >> > > >>Is there a way to override the local repository layout > > instead of having: > > >> > > >> > > > > > >Currently in the maven 1.x codebase no, there isn't. When > > more of the > > >2.x code is integrated into the 1.x codebase this will > > technically be > > >possible but it is really a matter of policy. I don't think it is > > >something that would really be encouraged. That said it won't be > > >anytime soon that those portions of 2.x will be backported to 1.x so > > >you're on your own. > > > > > > > > > > > >>$repository_root/<packageId>/jars/<packageId>-<version>.<art > > ifact_type> ? > > >> > > >>Any idea (except modifying some Maven classes and use a > > "home brewed" > > >>maven version....) > > >> > > >>Thanks in advance! > > >> > > >>Regards > > >>Didier > > >> > > >> > > >>------------------------------------------------------------ > > --------- > > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
