Upayavira wrote:
> Geoff Howard wrote:
>
>> Berin Loritsch wrote:
>>
>>> Geoff Howard wrote:
>>>
>>>> Stefano Mazzocchi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> - no need to have any jars in the CVS repository anymore or at
>>>>>> least
>>>>>> only some exotic ones that are not distributed over the web
>>>>>> (today
>>>>>> more than 40% of the cocoon cvs space is needed by jars and
>>>>>> this is
>>>>>> even more in our zipped distributions)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> this is a good point.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> JMHO but I hated this feature of maven in trying to get avalon built
>>>> before I got broadband at home. I downloaded all night and started
>>>> to build and it had to download a significant amount of new stuff.
>>>> If we do this, I'd still want to provide an "everything you need"
>>>> option for download.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Do bear in mind that Maven downloads a number of things itself the first
>>> time you use it. Avalon (Framework) has very few dependencies itself
>>
>>
>
> Does it then cache that locally, so that next time it needs it, it has it?
>
> I do a lot of Cocoon development without a 'net connection, so relying
> on a 'download' feature would be a real pain.
Yes, it does cache IIRC and can be configured to not download in the
first place if you already have the dependencies locally. Did I get
that right maven gurus?
Geoff
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