I think a plugin snapshot repo is not in the asf master pom because using snapshot plugins is not something the maven devs want to encourage. Why does myfaces need a snapshot plugin? I'd recommend putting the plugin repo entry near the use of the plugin so it can be removed easily when the plugin is released. I'd include a comment on why its needed too.
thanks david jencks On Nov 5, 2010, at 1:49 AM, Matthias Wessendorf wrote: > Hi, > > the ASF master-pom does contain a _regular_ snapshot repo (linked to > the (new) nexus repo), see: > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/pom/trunk/asf/pom.xml > > *snip* > <repository> > <id>apache.snapshots</id> > <name>Apache Snapshot Repository</name> > <url>http://repository.apache.org/snapshots</url> > <releases> > <enabled>false</enabled> > </releases> > </repository> > *snip* > > > However, it doesn't define the "apache.snapshot" for plugins. Nor does > the myfaces pom. > Does one know why? > > In Trinidad we currently have this setting: > <pluginRepositories> > <pluginRepository> > <id>apache.snapshots</id> > <name>Apache Snapshot Repository</name> > <url>http://repository.apache.org/snapshots</url> > <releases> > <enabled>false</enabled> > </releases> > </pluginRepository> > </pluginRepositories> > > IMO it could be centralized: In myfaces-pom or in the ASF pom. > > Thoughts? > > -Matthias > > -- > Matthias Wessendorf > > blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ > sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf > twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
