Sorry for the delay, I sent this with another email address that wasn't
subscribed.
I have this in my POM
<build>
<extensions>
<extension>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
<artifactId>wagon-webdav</artifactId>
<version>1.0-beta-2</version>
</extension>
<extension>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-scm-provider-hg</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version>
</extension>
<extension>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
<artifactId>wagon-scm</artifactId>
<version>1.0-beta-7</version>
</extension>
</extensions>
..
</build>
<reporting>
<plugins>
<!--JavaDoc setup-->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.7</version>
<configuration>
<defaultAuthor>Leon Blakey</defaultAuthor>
<defaultVersion>${project.version}</defaultVersion>
<links>
http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api
</links>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</reporting>
<distributionManagement>
...
<snapshotRepository>
<id>maven-general-repo.googlecode.com</id>
<name>General Maven Repo on Google Code</name>
scm:hg:https://site.pircbotx.googlecode.com/hg
<uniqueVersion>false</uniqueVersion>
</snapshotRepository>
<site>
<id>maven-general-repo.googlecode.com</id>
scm:hg:https://site.pircbotx.googlecode.com/hg/
</site>
</distributionManagement>
Leon
________________________________
From: Olivier Lamy <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 4:27:51 PM
Subject: Re: Any plans to fix/update maven-scm-provider-hg ?
Hello
Can you give more details ?
version of wagon scm you are using in your pom ?
2011/1/13 Lord.Quackstar <[email protected]>:
> It seems that the only way to use Mercurial in Maven is through
> maven-scm-provider-hg. However there are so many problems that the plugin is
> unusable
>
> First, you have it being out of date. In Maven 2.2.1 it works somewhat (by
> working I mean it detects that it exists and tries to use it), but in Maven
> 3.0.2 you get this:
>
> Transfer error: org.apache.maven.scm.manager.NoSuchScmProviderException: No
> such provider: 'hg'.
>
> Second, you have the list command bug, which seems to affect even people
> using hudsun. They were able to fix it by creating their own plugin, which
> doesn't work with Maven-only installations. Following is the error message
>
> [INFO] [deploy:deploy {execution: default-deploy}]
> [INFO] Retrieving previous build number from
> pircbotx.googlecode.com
> [INFO] Removing
> C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\wagon-scm1210107000.checkout\pir
> cbotx\pircbotx\1.3-SNAPSHOT
> [INFO] EXECUTING: cmd.exe /X /C "hg clone -r tip
>https://*SNIP*@site.pircbotx.googlecode.com/hg/maven2/snapshots/pircbotx/pircbotx/1.3-SNAPSHOT
>T
>C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\wagon-scm1210107000.checkout\pircbotx\pircbotx\1.3-SNAPSHOT"
>"
> [INFO] EXECUTING: cmd.exe /X /C "hg locate"
> [INFO] repository metadata for: 'snapshot pircbotx:pircbotx:1.3-SNAPSHOT'
> could not be found on repository: pircbotx.googlecode.com, so will be
> created Uploading:
>scm:hg:https://site.pircbotx.googlecode.com/hg/maven2/snapshots/pircbotx/pircbotx/1.3-SNAPSHOT/pircbotx-1.3-SNAPSHOT.jar
>r
> [INFO]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [ERROR] BUILD ERROR
> [INFO]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [INFO] Error deploying artifact: Error listing repository: No such command
> 'list'.
>
> (This is replicated on site:deploy as well).
>
> Third, you have the complete lack of documentation on using it. It took me
> 3+ hours to get the results above; everything else kept erroring out as I
> slipped further into dependency hell. None of the projects have docs on how
> to use this.
>
> Fourth, you have the abandonment of the user support mailing list (
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-scm-users/ ). This is more
> general to maven-scm, but does affect this plugin. The last email talks
> about this very same problem, however it's been almost 2 months with no
> response. Even for the past year none of the support questions have been
> answered.
>
> ---
>
> Combined, this leads to a plugin that isn't usable at all and can mislead
> people into thinking that it works. Are their any plans to update it? Are
> their any plans to depreciate it?
>
> Thanks,
> Leon
>
>
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