michael-o commented on code in PR #191:
URL: https://github.com/apache/maven-site/pull/191#discussion_r1172989881
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content/apt/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.apt:
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@@ -826,12 +826,14 @@ Introduction to the Dependency Mechanism
<<<Important note: This is deprecated.>>>
- Dependencies with the scope <system> are always available and are not looked
- up in repository. They are usually used to tell Maven about dependencies which
- are provided by the JDK or the VM. Thus, system dependencies are especially
- useful for resolving dependencies on artifacts which are now provided by the
- JDK, but were available as separate downloads earlier. Typical examples are
- the JDBC standard extensions or the Java Authentication and Authorization
+ Dependencies with the scope <system> are not looked up in the Maven
repository system.
+ Instead the `dependency` element contains a `systemPath` pointing to a jar on
the local
+ file system.
+
+ The system scope is commonly used to tell Maven about dependencies provided
by the JDK or the VM.
+ System dependencies are especially useful for resolving dependencies on
artifacts which
+ are now provided by the JDK, but were available as separate downloads
earlier. Typical
+ examples are the JDBC standard extensions or the Java Authentication and
Authorization
Review Comment:
I don't even know whether the cae with JDBC and JAAS is still true. I'd try
to avoid giving example which are invalid in a couple of years.
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pom.xml:
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@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
<properties>
<maven.site.path>maven-site</maven.site.path>
- <project.build.outputTimestamp>x</project.build.outputTimestamp><!--
disable Reproducible Builds that makes the site build time fixed at last
release time -->
Review Comment:
Unrelated change
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