I've not tried it, but I think Nexus has support for creating a M1
"virtual" repository that will "convert" a M2 to look like a M1
repository. 
http://www.sonatype.com/books/nexus-book/reference/config-sect-manage-repo.html

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:00 AM, D D <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm converting projects from M1 to M2. Due to restrictions imposed from
> "above" - I'm not allowed to change anything - including names of artifacts.
> In M1 implementation the artifacts did not contain versions in their names.
>
> At this point I have over 100 artifacts that will be ftp-ed to an
> application server where those will be picked up and deployed. Actual
> deployment process is out of my hands - changing names of artifacts could in
> theory break something on a server side.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Wendy Smoak <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:54 AM, D D <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Is there an easy way to deploy an artifact such it doesn't include
>> version
>> > in its name?
>> > For example: when moduleA is deployed through 'mvn deploy' I
>> > get moduleA-X.Y-SNAPSHOT.jar but what I need is moduleA.jar.
>>
>> The Maven repo has a fixed structure, so you can't easily change how
>> the artifact gets deployed.  (It's surely _possible_, but probably way
>> more work than you want to take on!)
>>
>> If you tell us what problem you're trying to solve by doing this, most
>> likely someone can offer a suggestion.
>>
>> Without knowing more, the Dependency plugin comes to mind -- the
>> dependency:copy goal can strip the version as it copies the artifact
>> to the desired location.
>>
>> Then again, it's entirely possible that you don't really *need* the
>> artifact without the version. :)
>>
>> --
>> Wendy
>>
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