Re: Why do some SRPM's use "mvn" and not "mvn --offline" for safety?

On 03/12/2011 05:50 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> I'm reviewing the activemq4 SRPM right now, to see if it's feasible to
> update to compile activemq version 5.4.2, the latest release. But I'm
> noticing that the .spec file uses "mvn" without the "--offline"
> option. That seems dangerous, since such a configuration might reach
> out to resolve dependencies by pulling them from Apache, which is
> potentially destabilizing.
> 
> Is there some reason not to use "mvn --offline"?

It should be using mvn-jpp which is even stronger than mvn's offline mode.

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Sincerely,

David Walluck
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