>> When maven get the artifact from nexus to my local repository >> (~m2/repository), the timestamp is not conserved, the files get the >> timestamp of creation on the local repo. > > You are certainly welcome to file it as an enhancement, but it seems > like an edge case and I doubt it will be addressed unless you are > willing to do the work yourself and contribute it back... > > This is the only time I've ever heard of needing a particular > timestamp for a given artifact. I don't personally believe in there > being "one true timestamp" for a given artifact and think this should > rather be handled via proper versioning.
Well it's more than needed when in some case like Java WebStart applications. Developper Joe get log4j from the repository on monday, log4j timestamp is monday locally. It produce an WS application on Tuesday where log4j is timestamped as monday. User Dan get the WS applications on Wednesday and the WS cache system mark the log4j (monday). Developper Jill get log4j from the repository on Thursday, log4j is timestamped Thursday locally. It produce an WS application on Thursday where log4j is timestamped as tuesday. Dan get back to the WS application on Friday, it's the same log4j but since the WS application report it to be Thursday and its cached version is earlier, it will download it another time. It just brake the WS/JNLP caching system and add uneeded network load. And if Dan is not alone, say 50 or 100 users, it became a serious infrastructure problem. I don't know very well the wagon support but I think maven could know the timestamp of the downloaded artifact ? If so, it should be easy to setLastModified after download ? Question, If I should file it as an enhancement, it should be for : 2.1.x, 2.2.x and 3.0.x ? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
