Re: Per-dependency repository resolution in Maven?

On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 1:27 PM Yeikel Santana <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Currently, Maven resolves artifacts from repositories in order and does not allow specifying a repository per dependency.
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> In scenarios where the same artifact coordinates may exist in multiple repositories, there does not appear to be a built-in way to enforce that a specific dependency be resolved only from a specific repository.
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> Has per-dependency repository resolution ever been discussed or considered in Maven’s design? Not as a default but as a feature that could be enabled
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I can certainly see a use case for that. OTOH it would be very
complex, and if no one's asked for it before now maybe it doesn't
actually solve a significant real world problem? I also worry that it
might cut against Maven's design and architecture. Currently there's a
pretty deep assumption baked into Maven that a GAV uniquely identifies
an artifact no matter which repository it happens to come from. This
is important for local mirrors and similar infrastructure.

I don't expect this would be a feature that could be enabled. If it
were done at all, it would likely be an extra element in pom.xml that
Maven 4.x and later would simply recognize if present.

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Elliotte Rusty Harold
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