On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Markus Wiederkehr <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Oleg Kalnichevski <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Markus Wiederkehr wrote: >>>> >>>> I get the same error if I run "mvn clean package install site" >>>> locally. Should we add the stage repository without a profile? >>>> >>>> Markus >>> >>> >>> Hi Markus >>> >>> I am not sure I understand. The profile basically disables the staging >>> repository which I suspected was the cause of the problem. >>> >>> Folks, >>> >>> I am sorry if this sounds like a silly question, but why do we need a >>> staring repository in the first place? >> >> history >> >> AIUI it was originally developed as a solution to address security >> concerns about the maven repository. it's been retained so far to >> allow off line maven builds. personally, i'm agnostic towards it. > > Would it be possible if we hosted our own Maven repository somewhere > at apache.org and point our POMs there?
no - apache's release distribution policy wouldn't allow it (which is why the main maven repo is off shore) > Or wouldn't this solve the problem? the security concerns don't seem to be such a burning issue any more. the stage is only kept around since it's useful for offline builds. personally, i'm agnostic about that issue. - robert
