| [eclipselink-dev] Maven Repository is invalid?! |
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I doubt that it is a good idea to force people to use the
Eclipse.org load balancer. If the balancer selects a mirror that actually is
overloaded or not reachable, you will end up with this (what happened to me
serveral times these days): [INFO] [WARNING] The repository url
'http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?r=1&nf=1&file=/rt/eclipselink/maven.repo'
is invalid - Repository 'EclipseLin k Repo' will be blacklisted. This is annoying, since it my project uses several repos,
but it is always the eclipselink repo that will get blacklistet… I want to propose that you are using java.net as a mirror,
i. e. copying all artifacts there. In that case, Maven would pull it from there
if it cannot be found using the eclipse load balancer. Most java programmers
will have a dependency on java.net anyways, since many common projects and APIs
are found there, so it would be a save way without additional burden to the
users. Regards Markus |