Re: settings.xml

> Hi all,
>
> I'm wondering if the nexus settings[1] in the nexus book is not quite
> correct. (be carefull if you google nexus book!)
>
> Let me explain, by default this enables snapshot plugins, so you can get
> arbitrary quality plugin if you run a plug-in from the command line where
> there is no pom to lock down the plugin (e.g. mvn archetype:generate), or
> you are using an obscure plugin that you wouldn't think to lock down in your
> corporate pom.
>
> Our corporate pom defeines most of the plugin versions however you can't
> cover all cases - and even if you could you have the issue where you don't
> have a pom.
>
> I first tried setting snapshots enabled to false on the plugin repo however
> as nexus returns the merged metadata with the latest version being the
> snapshot maven then tries to download x.x.x-SNAPSHOT and fails (as there is
> no repostiroy for plugins that can hold snapshots!)
>
> I found a solution and I'm attaching it.  I was wondering though if
> 1) anyone can see any potential pitfalls with this (apart from not getting
> snapshot plugins which IMHO is a good thing and what maven does out of the
> box)
> 2) if this is ok should it replace the example in the nexus book so it more
> closely mimics the standard out of the box maven behaviour?
>
> Regards,
>
>     /James
>
> [1]
> http://www.sonatype.com/books/nexus-book/reference/maven-sect-single-group.html
>
>
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