[MNG-4500] [regression] Maven checks for updates of timestamped snapshots

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0-alpha-5
• Fix Version/s: 3.0-alpha-6
• Component/s: Artifacts and Repositories
• Assignee: Benjamin Bentmann
• Reporter: Benjamin Bentmann
• Created: 18/Dec/09 05:15
• Updated: 20/Dec/09 08:05
• Resolved: 20/Dec/09 08:05

Description

Output from some mvn ... -X -U command:

[INFO] snapshot org.apache.maven.shared:maven-filtering:1.0-beta-4-SNAPSHOT:
  checking for updates from apache.snapshots
[DEBUG] Reading resolution-state from:
  org\apache\maven\shared\maven-filtering\1.0-beta-4-SNAPSHOT\resolver-status.properties
[DEBUG] Writing resolution-state to: 
  org\apache\maven\shared\maven-filtering\1.0-beta-4-SNAPSHOT\resolver-status.properties
[DEBUG] Skipping update check for snapshot org.apache.maven.shared:maven-filtering:1.0-beta-4-SNAPSHOT
  (org\apache\maven\shared\maven-filtering\1.0-beta-4-SNAPSHOT\maven-metadata-central.xml)
  from central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
[DEBUG] maven-filtering: resolved to version 1.0-beta-4-20091130.145343-3 from repository apache.snapshots
[DEBUG] Trying repository apache.snapshots for resolution of 
  org.apache.maven.shared:maven-filtering:pom:1.0-beta-4-SNAPSHOT
  from org/apache/maven/shared/maven-filtering/1.0-beta-4-SNAPSHOT/maven-filtering-1.0-beta-4-20091130.145343-3.pom
Downloading: http://repository.apache.org/snapshots/org/apache/maven/shared/maven-filtering/1.0-beta-4-SNAPSHOT/maven-filtering-1.0-beta-4-20091130.145343-3.pom
[DEBUG]   Artifact org.apache.maven.shared:maven-filtering:pom:1.0-beta-4-SNAPSHOT resolved to
  org\apache\maven\shared\maven-filtering\1.0-beta-4-SNAPSHOT\maven-filtering-1.0-beta-4-20091130.145343-3.pom

Note that this particular timestamped snapshot already existed in my local repo, yet Maven redownloaded it. But a timestamped snapshot is like a release, i.e. immutable.