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Kevin Neal edited comment on MNG-1867 at 1/10/18 6:02 PM:
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Silk4J is another use case. Silk installs a jar onto a local path (C:\Program
Files (x86)\Silk\SilkTest\ng\JTF\silktest-jtf-nodeps.jar... yes, it's Windows
only) that is specifically able to communicate with an agent installed on the
local machine.
The jar can be installed in the local repo or deployed to a private repository,
but I haven't figured out another way to get a version of the jar that is
compatible with the local agent. I understand there are drawbacks for Maven
supporting local system paths, but it's a necessary evil for this situation.
UPDATE - In case this is the last remaining use case, feel free to ignore since
the company this was at decided to close.
was (Author: freebeer):
Silk4J is another use case. Silk installs a jar onto a local path (C:\Program
Files (x86)\Silk\SilkTest\ng\JTF\silktest-jtf-nodeps.jar... yes, it's Windows
only) that is specifically able to communicate with an agent installed on the
local machine.
The jar can be installed in the local repo or deployed to a private repository,
but I haven't figured out another way to get a version of the jar that is
compatible with the local agent. I understand there are drawbacks for Maven
supporting local system paths, but it's a necessary evil for this situation.
> deprecate system scope, analyse other use cases
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>
> Key: MNG-1867
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-1867
> Project: Maven
> Issue Type: Task
> Components: Artifacts and Repositories, Design, Patterns & Best
> Practices
> Reporter: Brett Porter
> Priority: Trivial
> Fix For: Issues to be reviewed for 4.x
>
> Attachments: MNG-1867.zip
>
>
> possibly can avoid all use cases for system scope through proper use of
> alternate resolvers. Gather use cases (see MNG-1471) to ensure.
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