timestamps isn't the only versioning mechanism for java webstart. it's just the most fragile (as you already see) one. Why don't you use maven-webstart-plugin? it creates webstart descriptor with artifact version-based versioning.
2009/11/25, Henri Gomez <henri.go...@gmail.com>: > > >> 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 > >
