Just noticed the following in DefaultArtifactResolver.java: if (list.isEmpty()) { if ("xbean-naming".equals(working.getArtifactId())) { return new Artifact("org.apache.xbean", "xbean-naming", "2.8", "jar"); } else { return null; } }
Looks like it was committed a year ago: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/geronimo/server/trunk/framework/modules/geronimo-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/geronimo/kernel/repository/DefaultArtifactResolver.java?r1=476049&r2=497146 Jarek