On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:57:20 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm new to Maven and I have a couple of related questions about > dependencies. > > 1. What is a recommended practice for setting IDE's with dependent > libraries? In other words, Maven automatically downloads dependencies > and copies them to the build directory. However, I don't think it's a
Maven places dependencies in the local repository by default, not the build directory. > good practice to load libraries into the IDE from the target directory. > However, I'd like to configure my IDE to load the libraries for the > purpose of code completion. How have others handled this? We reference the local repo from the IDE. > 2. One thing that I'm slightly uncomfortable about concerning the > dependency system, is that the Maven remote repository acts as a middle > man, downloading jars from the original site and storing it for maven > use. Some of the jars have been renamed. I'm assuming that no other > changes have been made, but that requires a little bit of a trust > factor. I know Maven has a way to configure a dependency to download > from the original site, but it doesn't always work because the > originators of the site don't always make the jar downloadable by > itself. How do others feel about this? Is there a convenient way > around it? Set up your own repository and control the content. In general, at my office, we trust what comes from ibiblio. -- http://www.multitask.com.au/people/dion/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
