On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 09:43, Glenn, Paul wrote: > 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.
You can have a shared installation of Maven. The kinks aren't entirely worked out but people are using it. > > 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]
