Author: aheritier
Date: Mon Oct 31 15:33:14 2005
New Revision: 329932
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=329932&view=rev
Log:
PR: MAVEN-1720
Submitted by : Lukas Theussl
Reviewed by : Arnaud Heritier
Better documentation of SNAPSHOT dependencies, following confusion on the user
list.
Modified:
maven/maven-1/core/trunk/xdocs/using/managing-dependencies.xml
Modified: maven/maven-1/core/trunk/xdocs/using/managing-dependencies.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/maven/maven-1/core/trunk/xdocs/using/managing-dependencies.xml?rev=329932&r1=329931&r2=329932&view=diff
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--- maven/maven-1/core/trunk/xdocs/using/managing-dependencies.xml (original)
+++ maven/maven-1/core/trunk/xdocs/using/managing-dependencies.xml Mon Oct 31
15:33:14 2005
@@ -115,7 +115,16 @@
<p>
Assuming that project is publishing a version called
<code>SNAPSHOT</code> (which happens when the
<code>jar:deploy-snapshot</code> goal is called), then each time you
build Maven will check the remote
- repository for changes in that JAR and download it again if a newer
version is available.
+ repository for changes in that JAR and download it again if a newer
<code>SNAPSHOT</code> is available.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ <b>Note:</b> It seems to be a common misconception that Maven would
+ replace <code>SNAPSHOT</code> by the most current version of a
project
+ that is available in the repository. This is not the case: using a
+ <code>SNAPSHOT</code> dependency requires that the project that you
+ depend on has actually published a <code>SNAPSHOT</code>,
+ and only this <code>SNAPSHOT</code> will get updated automatically.
</p>
<p>
