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Aaron Johnson commented on SCM-483: ----------------------------------- Because you can't just "upload it". Read: http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-central-repository-upload.html. There are also other issues with the p4java implementation that may not be acceptable to the Maven SCM project. These are listed in the "Known Limitations" section of the p4java release notes: http://www.perforce.com/perforce/doc.093/user/p4javanotes.txt > Update SCM Perforce Provider to use P4Java > ------------------------------------------ > > Key: SCM-483 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SCM-483 > Project: Maven SCM > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: maven-scm-provider-perforce > Affects Versions: 1.2 > Reporter: Tom Rodriguez > Fix For: future > > Attachments: maven-scm-perforce-p4java.jar > > > Perforce has developed a new Java Native API for access to perforce called > P4Java. You can access it here: > ftp://ftp.perforce.com/perforce/r09.1/bin.java/p4java.zip. This completely > reworked API does not require that the p4 client be installed on the system. > The SCM Perforce Provider should be modified to use this new native java API > to eliminate the many issues involved with depending on the p4 executable. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira