Yes, in Maven you can have multiple remote repositories. This is most commonly done to have an "internal" repository for non-public distributions, in addition to the public open-source repository. But you can have as many remote repositories as you wish.
-Stephen On 2/8/06, Lex Spoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, we at the Scala group (scala.epfl.ch) are looking at community > infrastructure to share artifacts around. Joel Trunick pointed me > towards Maven. > > Maven is interesting for us to begin with as simply an improved ant for > building software. More specifically, though, its support for remote > repositories and for inter-package dependencies is intriguing, because > we've made a special effort to try and support Scala enthusiasts sharing > the things they make with each other. > > Our running approach in "Scala Bazaars" is to use something based on > Linux distributions called "package universes". I am wondering if we > should adopt Maven's approach instead, or if our approach has something > Maven would find useful, or if otherwise there is a sensible way to > combine efforts? > > I have poked around on maven.apche.org but so far have not run into a > good description of the rationale and design for (1) repositories and > (2) dependencies between artifacts. Can anyone point me to a good read? > > For example, one question I have is: does Maven support haing multiple > remote repositories, analagous to non-standard Debian apt repositories? > And on a related note, does it support multiple streams of development, > analogous to stable and unstable streams for Debian distributions? > Package universes is careful to allow all of this. > > I look forward to any pointers and thoughts. Here's some info on where > Scala's artifact-sharing infrastructure is for now: > > http://lamp.epfl.ch/~spoon/sbaz > > > Regards, > > Lex Spoon > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Stephen Duncan Jr www.stephenduncanjr.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
