I don't know. If it's a mixed repo at origin, why must a repo manager be
able to change that to a release only repo?
Sure, it could be nice, but I don't see why it must be able to. Complain to
the people that set up the repo instead.

/Anders
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:25, Nord, James <jn...@nds.com> wrote:

> Repo managers must be able to cope with this.  Where is the release only
> version of java.net?
>
> /James
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: anders.g.ham...@gmail.com [mailto:anders.g.ham...@gmail.com] On
> Behalf Of Anders Hammar
> Sent: 11 November 2010 11:10
> To: Jane Young; Maven Users List
> Cc: Bill Shannon
> Subject: Re: maven-metadata containing SNAPSHOT versions when Nexus group
> references release proxy repo
>
> I think that the main problem is that you're specying the repo as a release
> repo. It's a mixed repo as it contains snapshots.
>
> /Anders
>
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:29, Jane Young <jane.yo...@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> >  If I create a proxy repo in Nexus with policy set as "release" and it's
> > referencing the group repo that contains SNAPSHOTs.  Should the proxy
> repo
> > contain SNAPSHOT artifacts?  No...  but the metadata contains the
> SNAPSHOT
> > versions.  Isn't this a discrepancy?
> >
> > Furthermore, if the pom file is referencing this proxy repo and has a
> > dependency on a maven plugin, maven will try to download the latest
> version
> > that is defined in metadata and the build is going to fail since the
> > SNAPSHOT artifact is not available.
> >
> > If this is not a bug, how do you work around it?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/11/10 2:16 AM, Anders Hammar wrote:
> >
> > The first repos are group repos. The latter one is just a repo. You can
> > tell from the urls.
> >
> > If the group repo contains a snapshot proxy repo, it will contain
> snapshot
> > info in the metadata. It's not a bug.
> >
> > /Anders
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:12, Jane Young <jane.yo...@oracle.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Anders,
> >>
> >> The reason GlassFish Nexus group repository is  referencing
> >> http://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/  is because it
> >> contains specific glassfish  versions of Weld artifacts.
> >> See:
> >>
> >>
> https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/org/jboss/weld/weld-osgi-bundle/
> >> vs
> >>
> >>
> http://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public-jboss/org/jboss/weld/weld-osgi-bundle/
> >>
> >> Also, the repository is recommended by Pete Muir (Weld project lead).
> >>
> >> Is there another JBoss repository that does not contain SNAPSHOT
> artifacts
> >> of org.apache or codehaus?  This is causing a lot of builds issues in
> >>  GlassFish and other subprojects (JavaMail, HK2 etc...)
> >>
> >>
> >> Also, isn't this a bug in Nexus?  Why does the maven-metadata.xml
> contain
> >> SNAPSHOT versions if I create a proxy with repository policy as
> "release".
> >> For example the URL for maven-enforcer-plugin artifact in the proxy
> >> created for  JBoss repo in GlassFish Nexus server:
> >>
> >>
> http://maven.glassfish.org/content/repositories/JBoss/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-enforcer-plugin/
> >>
> >> It contains no artifacts but there is a maven-metatdata.xml for the
> >> SNAPSHOT versions.
> >>
> >> Is this a bug?
> >>
> >> Jane
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 11/11/10 1:07 AM, Anders Hammar wrote:
> >>
> >>> I think the problem is that you're proxying one of the repo groups of
> >>> JBoss's Nexus instance. That one includes the apache snapshots, which
> is
> >>> intentional:
> >>> http://community.jboss.org/message/564903#564903
> >>>
> >>> Instead, proxy the appropriate release repos. The jboss repo group
> >>> 'public'
> >>> also proxies Maven central I believe, which you don't want.
> >>>
> >>> There's info about the new nexus instance at JBoss at the JBoss blog:
> >>> http://community.jboss.org/en/build/blog
> >>> You should be able to find info there regarding which repos you should
> >>> proxy.
> >>>
> >>> /Anders
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 00:00, Jane Young<jane.yo...@oracle.com>
>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this question.  If
> not,
> >>>>  please advice me where to post this question.
> >>>>
> >>>> I setup a Nexus group repository that references several proxy
> >>>> repositories.   This group repo only references the released
> >>>> (non-SNAPSHOT)
> >>>> artifacts.
> >>>>
> >>>> The group repo references: JBoss Maven repo and  Maven central repo.
> >>>> The JBoss Maven repo contains SNAPSHOT artifacts (e.g.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-enforcer-plugin/
> >>>> )
> >>>>
> >>>> and Maven central repo contains released versions (e.g.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-enforcer-plugin/
> >>>> )
> >>>>
> >>>> The group repo should only contain the released version from Maven
> >>>> central:
> >>>> See:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> http://maven.glassfish.org/content/groups/glassfish/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-enforcer-plugin/
> >>>>
> >>>> However, the maven-metadata.xml file contains both SNAPSHOT and
> >>>> non-SNAPSHOT:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> http://maven.glassfish.org/content/groups/glassfish/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-enforcer-plugin/maven-metadata.xml
> >>>>
> >>>> This is creating some problem in our build since some of pom file do
> not
> >>>> include the version of the plugin, so maven will try to download the
> >>>> latest
> >>>> version, which is a SNAPSHOT version but the group repo does not have
> >>>> the
> >>>> SNAPSHOT artifact.
> >>>>
> >>>> Is this a bug?  I have tried rebuilding metadata but it still contains
> >>>> SNAPSHOT versions.
> >>>> Is there a workaround?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Jane
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >
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