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From: =?UTF-8?B?SsO2cmc=?= Schaible <joerg.schaible@swisspost.com>
Subject: Re: "Not a local repository. It is a local repository cache." (was:
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Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:40:38 +0200
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ROBERT PATRICK wrote:

> I don't understand the issue.  I regularly use artifacts in my build that
> are only present in my local repository.  Yes, Maven checks my remote
> repository for these artifacts but it doesn't ignore them if they are not
> in the remote repo.  It also works when building offline without access to
> my remote repository.  Is it treated as a cache, maybe so but it's not
> clear to me that renaming the tag won't serve to add more confusion to a
> long-standing behavior...
> 
> Clearly, removing the ability to install artifacts locally would be a very
> bad idea since it would make it more difficult for casual users to use
> Maven for casual builds (e.g., I regularly use it to build sample projects
> for customers that I never intend to do anything else with once I send it
> to the customer).

A remote repository is specified with an URL. Nobody prevents you from using 
a file URL i.e. having a real local repository on your disk.

- Jörg


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