Well, the pom already has a <repositories> element. It seems that if this is used, all one needs is an attribute to indicate that fallback to central or other repositories not explicitly listed is not desired. Perhaps an attribute named exhaustive="true|false"?
-Gus -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Fay [mailto:wayne...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:08 AM To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: Bootstraping a repository manager [-snip-] > I'm just curious why this fairly important bit of configuration is > left out on the desktop where it is hard to manage. What alternative would you propose?? Feel free to design and implement such a system, and then donate the changed source code back to the Maven project for possible future inclusion in a future release. Personally, I have ZERO interest in such a feature and do not anticipate working on it. Wayne This e-mail and any attachments are intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof.