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It’s been a long while since I saw a POM file with unpinned dependencies… ca 12 years of Java experience. Had to deal with an Ant project recently that didn’t c
by smarx007 5y ago
It’s been a long while since I saw a POM file with unpinned dependencies… ca 12 years of Java experience. Had to deal with an Ant project recently that didn’t check in the JARs into Git, I thought my hair would become gray by the time I figure out how to pull the right dependency versions transitively to get the Ant build to work.
But I share the overall sentiment. What if Maven Central goes down one day? It’s just a web server like any other.
- oftenwrong 5y ago>What if Maven Central goes down one day? Most Java shops run their own artefact repository acting as a pull-through repository to Maven Central and other 3rd party repositories. In addition to acting as insurance against losing access to critical dependencies, it also can provide a performance boost when downloading dependencies, and helps to offload your organisation's traffic from Maven Central.