You are right, it should be removed and i'm fixing it right now.

You can use explicit versions of plugins in your pom using <version>

On 4/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> We use Maven 2 in a big project in a setup with a proxy and a local 
> repository (both handled by one instance of maven-proxy). I want all 
> developers use the proxy/cache/local repository before going to ibiblio or 
> codehaus. Therefore, everybody has redefined <id>central</id> to our local 
> repository.
>
> The last version of the plexus compiler plugin (1.5.2) caused a problem with 
> this setup because it contains the following section in the pom.xml:
>
>     <repository>
>       <snapshots>
>         <enabled>false</enabled>
>       </snapshots>
>       <id>central</id>
>       <name>Maven Repository Switchboard</name>
>       <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
>     </repository>
>
> This overrides the <id>central</id> in the settings.xml, so Maven tries to 
> download the next dependency from repo1.maven.org, which is not reacheable 
> from us because we are behind a firewall and we have not activated the 
> http-proxy in settings.xml.
>
> I am thinking about the best solution to solve this problem. As a quick fix, 
> I have copied the plexus-compiler-plugin to our local repository and removed 
> the repository section mentioned above. Questions:
>
> 1. Is it legal/good style of a plugin to do redifinitions of
>    repositories like <id>central</id>?
> 2. What is the correct way to use a local maven repository/cache?
>    Is it correct to redefine <id>central</id>?
> 3. How do you handle the risk that any new released plugin crashes
>    your build? Do you have a version tag for every plugin in your
>    pom.xml?
>
> Regards
>
> Roger
>
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