[MNG-4645] Move Central repo definition out of Maven's jars so it can be more easily changed

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.3.3
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0-alpha-7, 4.0.0
• Labels: must-be-in-4.0.0-alpha-2
• Assignee: Guillaume Nodet
• Reporter: Paul Gier
• Created: 26/Apr/10 17:00
• Updated: 20/Oct/23 07:57
• Resolved: 19/Jun/23 15:04

Description

The Maven Central Repository definition is currently a hidden default repository available to Maven. The configuration of the Central Repo can be changed only if you know the (somewhat obscure) repository id "central": who knows that it is defined in Maven Super POM, defined in Maven Model Builder?

It would be better if the configuration of the central repository was moved from the Maven internals to the default settings.xml.

This way the repository would still be available to a default Maven install, but would also be clear to users how the central repo is configured in case it needs to be changed for mirror settings or some other reason. It would also make the repository ordering in the settings more clear.

Issue Links

• contains: MNG-6112 Align artifacts and plugins policies using the default value
• depends upon: MNG-7059 Add profile-free repository support in Maven Settings model
• is related to: MNG-5672 Switch access to Maven Central to HTTPS
• relates to: MNG-4347 import-scoped dependencies of direct dependencies are not resolved using profile modifications from settings.xml
• relates to: MNG-5689 Checksum policy for mirrors
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #266
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #419
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1139
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