I think he means the other case with 50 users on a shared installation of maven . Why do each need their own repository and plugins?
I think the answer is going to be that it would help avoid conflicts of things like SNAPSHOT versions in the repository and plugins. Paul -----Original Message----- From: Jason van Zyl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 9:36 AM To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: why repository is set per user? On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 08:29, Federico Spinazzi wrote: > Hy, > second question in too little time, sorry. > > I'd like to know which is the reason maven rc1 uses a per user > repository by default. You mean a local repository? > It seems like a vaste of space as each user have his own repository. In the vast majority of cases Maven is used on a single machine by a sinlge user. But imagine a single user with 100 projects on their machine where many of the projects use the same JARs. You save quite a bit of space. > There should be a good reason but I cannot understand it. I can't say I understand your question, what other possibilities are there for a single user on a single machine? > Thank you very much > Federico > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- jvz. Jason van Zyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tambora.zenplex.org In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational and technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it. -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
