Archiva supports staging out of box and Nexus you have to pay. -D
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Robert Scholte <rfscho...@codehaus.org> wrote: > > http://www.sonatype.com/people/2011/06/nexus-tips-and-tricks-backup-nexus/ > -Robert > Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:55:38 -0700 >> From: eric.koloty...@gmail.com >> To: users@maven.apache.org >> Subject: Re: Archiva vs. Nexus >> >> Is it easy to move a Nexus repository from one system to the next? I was >> thinking of using my personal workstation to host Nexus, because it is >> more powerful than any server we have, and I don't want to have to go >> find a server with spare cycles. >> >> Would it make more sense for me to create a VMWare virtual machine >> called 'nexus' and run it there? That way if I want to move the >> repository to another machine I can move the VM. Does anyone have any >> preconfigured VMs with Nexus already installed? >> >> If I am running in a VM, would it make more sense to run it with Linux >> so I don't have to pay for another Windows License? >> >> Cheers, Eric >> >> On 2011-07-19 6:44 AM, Ron Wheeler wrote: >> > On 19/07/2011 9:17 AM, Eric Kolotyluk wrote: >> >> I must say, I don't know either technology that well, but after >> >> looking around Nexus seems to have the more favorable reviews. I'll >> >> probably try Nexus first given I am already using m2e and Sonatype >> >> seem to document things well. >> > I am really happy with Nexus but have not tried Archiva. >> > Follow the installation procedure carefully as it has some bits about >> > directories that are not intuitive. >> > If you pay attention to the instructions, you will not have any problems. >> > The user interface is very simple and easy to understand. >> > The support is very good in the Nexus forum and to a certain extent >> > here as well. >> > Documentation is clear and abundant. >> > >> > Good Luck. >> > Ron >> > >> >> >> >> Thanks for that clarity everyone. >> >> >> >> Cheers, Eric >> >> >> >> On 2011-07-19 4:11 AM, Jesse Farinacci wrote: >> >>> It works fine just as long as your minimal configuration doesn't >> >>> include Java 6. There's a bug[1] hanging out there for almost a year >> >>> now which prevents Archiva from being useful for me and a lot of >> >>> others. >> >>> >> >>> That being the case, Nexus all the way. >> >>> >> >>> [1] http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRM-1412 >> >>> >> >>> -Jesse >> >>> >> >>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Rajesh Koilpillai >> >>> <rajesh.koilpil...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> They are competing and Apache Archiva works just fine with minimal >> >>>> configuration. >> >>> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> 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 >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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
