On 3/28/13 7:39 AM, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > Le 28/03/2013 15:29, Stefan Bodewig a écrit : > >> Why? IMHO packagers should be using the "usual" distribution mirror >> system. > Sure that's what they do. But the "usual" location is different for > every library. If it can be standardized within the Maven infrastructure > that would greatly simplify the downstream packaging. Any library (from > Apache or elsewhere) could be downloaded in a buildable form directly > from the central Maven repository.
The definitive location for ASF software distributions is the apache mirrors. That is what we monitor, point to on the web pages, vouch for, etc. Downstream packagers, distributors - *including Maven central* - can do what they want and projects are free to help them do so; but we need to maintain a definitive distribution location. Unless and until infra@ tells us we are moving this definitive location to maven central, we should not confuse ourselves or users by multicasting our releases there, IMO. I also agree with the point that it is in general a waste of bandwidth from maven user perspective to distribute more than (signed) source, javadoc, binary jars and poms via maven repos. Phil > > Emmanuel Bourg > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
