>From http://maven.apache.org/reference/project-descriptor.html#dependencies
"The url of the dependency's homepage. This url will be provided to the user if the jar file cannot be downloaded from the central repository. " It's NOT used for downloads. -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting Blog: http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/dion/ Alex Karasulu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 31/01/2004 01:41:46 AM: > Until someone from the maven team clarifies everything is questionable > but I had thought the URL tag is used just for the website link to the > dependent library when generating docs. > > It is not used to locate or download the resource. > > Alex > > > > > From: Daniel Bonniot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2004/01/30 Fri AM 05:31:58 EST > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [2nd edition] MAVEN dependencies' mechanism > > > > > If I did not miss-understand the maven dependencies' mechanism in > > > project.xml : > > > > > > > > > With > > > <dependencies> > > > <dependency> > > > <id>DEPEND</id> > > > <version>1.0</version> > > > <url>http://address/plugin/</url> > > > </dependency> > > > </dependencies> > > > Maven will first try to download "http://address/plugin/DEPEND/jars/DEPEND > > > -1.0.jar" under $MAVEN_HOME_LOCAL/repository/DEPEND/jars/DEPEND-1.0.jar > > > > (I'm new to Maven, so take this with a grain of salt) > > > > I first had the same impression as you, but after investigation it seems that > > the url tag is just used to suggest that URL to the user if the download failed, > > so that the user can download it manually (e.g. if the license does not allow > > the jar to be put in a repository). > > > > If you want a plugin to be downloaded from an alternate repository, what I know > > works is to declare it in a file build.properties in your home directory > > (~/build.properties on Unix, not sure about windows). Example: > > > > maven.repo.remote=http://nice.sf.net/maven,http://www.ibiblio.org/maven > > > > (ibiblio is the default maven repository) > > > > Daniel > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
