Does github have a maven repository?

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 7:17 AM, Andrei Pozolotin <
andrei.pozolo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> *Jeff, Keith, Jeremy:*
>
> so it seems we have few different use cases in mind between us.
>
> it would probably help if we create 2-3 mock repositories on github
> to emulate our most interesting use cases.
>
> what do you think?
>
> Andrei.
>
>
> On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:06:16 AM UTC-6, Andrei Pozolotin wrote:
>>
>>                    Hello, there!
>>
>> I am curious : "How to better manage cascading releases"
>> for the following use case and what you think about possible solution:
>>
>> ##############################**###
>>  Releasing core bundles and dependent bundles
>>
>> Changing the API of a core bundle for an application requires a rebuild
>> of everything down the line in order to use the new feature. For projects
>> with large numbers of modules (platform, news) this is a very lengthy
>> process of splitting the bundles into dependency phases, then for each
>> phase, releasing a new version of each bundle, updating the next phase's
>> bundles with the newly released versions, and then releasing next phase's
>> bundles, etc, etc. This can be a multiple hour process with Jenkins,
>> compounded by the fact that you can only release one sub-project at a time
>> in a Git repository to avoid push conflicts causing the build to fail. This
>> process occurs much more frequently than I would have originally assumed.
>> Right now I have a bash script that attempts to automate this for news with
>> a combination of the maven release and version plugins, but a better
>> generic solution would be very welcome.
>>
>> *Proposal: Modify Jenkins maven release plugin with the following
>> behavior:*
>>
>>    1.
>>
>>    Add a "Cascade release dependent projects" checkbox on release page
>>     2.
>>
>>    After the release completes, look for jobs that are explicitly
>>    dependent on the pre-release snapshot version
>>     3.
>>
>>    Update these dependent modules with the newly release version, and
>>    trigger a Maven release on them as well
>>     4.
>>
>>    Failing releases should be skipped, and then trigger a build failure
>>    at the very end, with clearly noted messages as to which sub-tree failed 
>> so
>>    the user can check the logs and manually cascade release the subtree
>>
>> Step c) would need some cycle detection to support scenarios where B and
>> C depend on A, but C also depends on B - both A and B would have to be
>> released before C could be released.
>> ##############################**###
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Andrei
>>
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