Today I was frustrated by this :
Maven 3.x no longer supports repositories using <layout>legacy</layout>. Users that need to access repositories created with Maven 1.x are advised to use a repository manager that is capable of providing a Maven 2.x compatible view of the legacy repository.
WHAT???
Even Maven's very own competitor, Ivy's ibiblio resolver supports Maven 1.0 legacy repositories.
Sonatype could simply change their suggestion to "Users that need to access repositories created with Maven 1.x are advised to use Apache Ivy."
I understand the need to force users to use the new technology, but not by disabling access to older technology without providing a practical alternative. At least wait for your competitors to stop supporting your legacy product before you yourself do it.
java.net Maven 1 repository contains artifacts that I need at times, now I have to hunt the artifacts or do workarounds that was simply solved using repository layout=legacy. Argh!
If you are using JEE5 APIs only, you can use equivalent Geronimo artifacts (http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/geronimo/specs/)
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's unreasonable to deprecate the Maven 1 repo layout after two major releases. Couldn't you just upload the artefacts you want to a local Nexus/Artefactory repo? It's not much work and you only have to do it once.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous : thanks.. that's one way of hunting things :)
ReplyDelete@Ricardo : I **could**. It's really not about whether something is possible or impossible. Deprecating is OK, blocking access is not.
Imagine if your latest browser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, whatever) refuses to open old, broken, HTML pages then tells you "if you want to open pre-HTML4 pages that are not W3C valid, please install a proxy server that converts HTML pages on the fly to valid HTML4 pages".
Maven is a tool, it might have recommendations but *I* am the master, not the tool. If I want to do something even it isn't recommended, I want to tell Maven what I want instead of Maven telling me what I should do.
Apache Ivy wins in this regard, now if Ivy can do it why Maven can't? Ivy even supports even more resolvers than Maven does, they seem to have no problem supporting legacy Maven repos.
There is a workaround: use maven proxy like nexus or artifactory.
ReplyDeleteApache Ivy can because they to help users keep using what they know instead of forcing users to change their tools. We tried Maven once and it was a waste of time everything has to be the way Maven wants it to be otherwise it does not work. Apache Ant/Ivy it is more flexible.
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