[jbossdeveloper] <repository /> on quickstarts pom.xml

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

On 25 Aug 2014, at 14:50, Rafael Benevides wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> On a look for a continuous improvement on developer user experience 
> and also because we have been constantly asked to support issues 
> related to the setup of https://access.redhat.com/maven-repository to 
> make the quickstarts work, we want to include the <repository /> 
> definition on quickstarts pom.xml
>
> Actually the Archetypes already have the <repository /> on the pom.xml 
> file of the generated project.
>
> The idea here is to have the <repository /> with the 
> https://maven.repository.redhat.com/techpreview/all/ defined on every 
> quickstarts's pom.xml file with a comment on top of it saying that 
> this approach is not recommended but we included it so users can test 
> the quickstarts without further setup and that it's recommended to use 
> settings.xml.
>
> It will bring the following advantages:
> - It will make ease to contributors and users
> - Simplify the build.
> - Simplify the Archetype synch process / No need to inject the repo 
> since it will come from the Quickstarts
> - We can add a pre-defined comment above the pom.xml repository 
> definition to explain that we don't recommend that.
> - We can also add this "comment" to QSTools to check/fix it.
>
> As a roadmap for it:
> - We need to document that at the 
> https://github.com/jboss-developer/jboss-developer-shared-resources
> - We need to update the contributing guides
> - We need to update QSTools to do this update on all quickstarts for 
> us.
>
> Max, Is there any restrictions on JBDS side ?

No, as long as we keep that comment about its bad practice and don't 
start moving it into shared parent pom's we should be fine :)


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