Re: [m2e-dev] Maven Updates

[Igor Fedorenko <igor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12-02-02 5:53 PM, paul.warren@xxxxxxx wrote:
> So I guess the key sentence there was that m2e never updates
> snapshots unless explicitly requested by the user.
>
> And I am taking that to mean that
> the<snapshots><updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy></snapshots>
> specification in the project's pom.xml is effectively redundant and
> ignored for any maven invocation performed by m2e right?

Yes, this is correct, m2e ignores repository update policy specified in
pom.xml and/or settings.xml files and never automatically updates
snapshots. You can force snapshot update from your code by using
IMavenProjectRegistry.refresh with update request
forceDependencyUpdate=true.

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Regards,
Igor