I think if some 3rd party wants to provide an RPM have at it. I don't think this is something we want to create or support.
On Mar 19, 2012, at 12:36 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Jos Backus <j...@catnook.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Stanislav Ochotnicky >> <sochotni...@redhat.com> wrote: >>> Another thing I should have pointed out right away, but forgot is that >>> alternative way would be to create rpms directly out of upstream maven >>> release with bundled dependencies and all that. I know most people on >>> this list would feel more comfortable with this approach and it is more >>> simple way to achieve your goals right now. It shouldn't take more than >>> a few minutes to create that spec file. >> >> I was really hoping for there to be a "Download RPMs" link to be >> available on the Maven website, especially since there's a plugin that >> makes it easy to create RPMs from Maven builds (assuming the main >> Maven builds use Maven to build itself). > > I am -1 to this. Maven is very dubiously useful without connectivity > to central. A 'self-contained' Maven build is only self-contained > until you try to do something interesting with it. If you have > connectivity, it's better to just stick with the pattern that the > maven distro is minimal and downloads the rest of what it needs from > central. > > However, my opinion notwithstanding, the only way something like this > would happen is if someone offered up a patch with a complete, > automated solution. > > > > >> >> If it's easy, can someone make this happen, please? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Jos >> -- >> Jos Backus >> jos at catnook.com >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > Thanks, Jason ---------------------------------------------------------- Jason van Zyl Founder, Apache Maven http://twitter.com/jvanzyl --------------------------------------------------------- In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational and technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it. -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society
