i may have added the checksums. It allows to check that the jar matches what was supposed to be in the repo but can't be for legal reasons.
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 1:09 PM, nicolas de loof <nicolas.del...@gmail.com> wrote: > I did it some time ago as this was condidered a good practice : define a > common POM and checksums for artifacts that are not freely redistribuable, > but that user may include in a custom repo. > > There is some other entries en central like this one (metadatas without jar) > > 2010/1/11 Wayne Fay <wayne...@gmail.com> > >> > What The F**k are the .md5 files for the jar doing there and no .jar? >> >> Yea, I noticed that too, and definitely find it odd. Perhaps someone >> pushed the files there accidentally at some point? >> >> We probably need Carlos or another repo maintainer to make a comment. >> It is possible the Jar was there (perhaps briefly) at some point and >> was subsequently deleted due to licensing etc upon notification by >> Oracle? >> >> Wayne >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
