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1.0 Beta-5 adds role based security to the Nexus Maven Repository Manager
We are pleased to announce the Beta-5 release of our Nexus Maven Repository Manager. This release brings the much awaited role based security to the popular tool.
The theory behind the security implementation is simple:
A user has one or more roles.
Maven 2.0.10 Release Candidate Process started
That process consists of a series of Release Candidate builds...
Nexus 1.0 Beta-4 Released
Maven is NOT going away
gotta love the FUD
Maven code: How to detect if you have a SNAPSHOT version
The Central Repository is tool agnostic
Don't dismiss interoperability
"That's great and all, but I don't really care about Maven, nor do I really want to add or maintain a pom.xml in the project. Sorry." is an unfortunate response to enabling wider distribution and consumption of your project.
Optimal Maven Plugin configuration
A guideline to make your pom easier to understand
Adding additional source folders to your Maven build
The technique matters
Occasionally you have a need to add additional source folders to your Maven build, usually when you are generating source via some external method or AntTask. Maven plugins that generate sources are expected to add the source folder automatically, but that's of little consequence if your generation method is not supported by an existing Maven plugin. Fortunately, there is the build-helper-maven-plugin to assist you.
Misused Maven terms Defined
An attempt to define some often misused maven terms.
When responding to questions on IRC, the Maven Users list, or giving Maven Training, I frequently run into misused terms of the Maven lingo. Here's an attempt to define them "for the record".