[MINSTALL-25] Allow URLs to be used for installing a file

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Auto Closed
• Component/s: install:install-file
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Richard S. Hall
• Created: 16/Jun/06 07:42
• Updated: 06/Sep/15 20:44
• Resolved: 06/Sep/15 20:44

Description

Looking at the source code, it definitely does not appear possible to install a file from a URL using install:install-file.

To me, this seems like it would be a useful feature and could be handled uniformly if file: URLs were supported.

As it stands right now, if I want to install something into my local repo, I need to download it and save it somewhere on my computer, then I need to remember where I saved it and type that path into a maven command to make another copy in my local repository.

It seems like it would be much more straightforward to just give the URL I want to be downloaded and installed.