The problem with the distribution managment section is that it can point to any kind of URL, including web page. The original purpose for this (at least that was my understanding at that time) was to allow click through distribution of a library. As the purpose is to force the user to download it manually, we don't do it automatically, even if in this specific case it could be possible.
I think there is a jira ticket about that with a longer discussion. Gilles Scokart 2009/3/11 Marc Logemann <[email protected]> > Hi, > > on the way diagnosing missing deps on spring-context module, i found out > that this bea component is located at > http://ftpna2.bea.com/pub/downloads/commonj/commonj-twm.jar, nevertheless > ivy tries to download from > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/bea/wlplatform/commonj-twm/1.1/commonj-twm-1.1.jar. > Is this correct? > > > ---- snip the relevant POM ----- > > > <project> > <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> > <groupId>com.bea.wlplatform</groupId> > <artifactId>commonj-twm</artifactId> > <version>1.1</version> > <name>Timer and Work Manager for Application Servers</name> > <url>http://dev2dev.bea.com/wlplatform/commonj/twm.html</url> > <distributionManagement> > <downloadUrl> > http://ftpna2.bea.com/pub/downloads/commonj/commonj-twm.jar</downloadUrl> > </distributionManagement> > </project> > > > > --- > regards > Marc Logemann > http://www.logemann.org > http://www.logentis.de > > > > >
