I think yes, maven repository is designed for "quick turnaround" in mind: as soon something is deployed, should be available to others. In every case, the artifact should go first, and just then the metadata (that references the artifact)...
On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 10:29 AM Dan Tran <dant...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > My maven POM module has a couple of artifacts to be deployed. Here is the > order of deployment > > [INFO] --- maven-deploy-plugin:2.8.2:deploy (default-deploy) @ > brs-installer --- > [INFO] Downloading: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml > [INFO] Downloaded: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml > (994 B at 44.1 KB/sec) > [INFO] Uploading: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/brs-installer-1.0.0-20160108.090346-509.pom > [INFO] Uploaded: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/brs-installer-1.0.0-20160108.090346-509.pom > (12 KB at 3.3 KB/sec) > [INFO] Downloading: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/maven-metadata.xml > [INFO] Downloaded: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/maven-metadata.xml > (545 B at 24.2 KB/sec) > [INFO] Uploading: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml > [INFO] Uploaded: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml > (1004 B at 122.6 KB/sec) > [INFO] Uploading: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/maven-metadata.xml > [INFO] Uploaded: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/maven-metadata.xml > (545 B at 2.5 KB/sec) > [INFO] Uploading: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/brs-installer-1.0.0-20160108.090346-509-build.xml > [INFO] Uploaded: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/brs-installer-1.0.0-20160108.090346-509-build.xml > (14 KB at 86.0 KB/sec) > [INFO] Uploading: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml > [INFO] Uploaded: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml > (1004 B at 140.1 KB/sec) > [INFO] Uploading: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/brs-installer-1.0.0-20160108.090346-509.ova > [INFO] Uploaded: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/brs-installer-1.0.0-20160108.090346-509.ova > (4044494 KB at 34899.1 KB/sec) > [INFO] Uploading: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml > [INFO] Uploaded: > > http://mycomp.com:8081/myrepo/snapshots/com/mycomp/brs/installer/brs-installer/1.0.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml > (1004 B at 98.0 KB/sec) > > > The issue here, after the POM, maven-metadata.xml is followed, the > subsequent deployments are large artifacts ( ~4G) > > The issue here if user attempts to download the latest snapshot while the > large artifact still in the middle of upload, the download will fail with > not found error > > Does it make sense to enhance maven deploy plugin to deploy > maven-metadata.xml last? > > Thanks > > -Dan >
