[MNG-7454] Include resolver-transport-http in Maven

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.9.0, 4.0.0-alpha-2, 4.0.0
• Component/s: Dependencies
• Assignee: Tamas Cservenak
• Reporter: Tamas Cservenak
• Created: 08/Apr/22 08:17
• Updated: 02/Dec/22 10:34
• Resolved: 13/Apr/22 10:51

Description

We should include maven-resolver-transport-http (along with existing maven-resolver-transport-wagon) but retain Wagon as default transport, while offer ability for users to use http transport to utilize new resolver features like "smart checksums".
On positive side, this will finally get rid of shaded httpClient and wagon-http-shaded as well.

To switch transport use -Dmaven.resolver.transport with following values:

• wagon - to use wagon (is default as well)
• native - to use resolver own highly optimized HTTP and FILE transport (supports "smart checksums")
• auto - to rely on resolver own discovery, or if another transport extension used

The selected transport can be seen in debug (-X) output on line `[DEBUG] Using transporter XXX...`

Issue Links

• incorporates: MNG-7614 Maven should translate transport configuration fully to resolver transports.
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #710
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #711
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #720