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Tamas Cservenak commented on MNG-7539: -------------------------------------- Issue reopened, waiting for reproducer. > Validate/Download SNAPSHOT dependencies once > -------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-7539 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-7539 > Project: Maven > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Dependencies > Reporter: Adrian Tarau > Assignee: Tamas Cservenak > Priority: Major > > Building an unreleased multi-module project (30-40 modules) that depends on > various other unreleased modules puts significant pressure on the Maven > Repository (a local Nexus instance), and artifact resolution could slow down > the build 2x-3x. > I do acknowledge that it is the job of the repository to cache and serve > those responses fast, and for some reason, sometimes it slows down without an > apparent reason. > However, the whole build process will be faster if Maven validates a SNAPSHOT > once for multi-module (when the dependency is reached the first time) and > then use that version. Even if Maven Repository is relative fast, there is > still network traffic done. Outside the fact that it should not be done, it > might also introduce flaky behaviors: > * one module downloads a version of artifact A, works with it, and > everything is fine > * 10 minutes later, another module needs artifact A and gets a newer > version, which has some issues, and various (test) failures will be raised > For consistency, on a multi-module build, all modules should _see_ the same > version of a SNAPSHOT artifact. It will be faster, and it will be consistent > (which is very important). > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)