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Maven Mythbusters - Maven automatically updates for every build

Maven seems to be one of those topics that brings out passion in many developers. Apparently, some developers love it, and find it a highly valuable and time-saving tool, whereas others hate it with a passion. (Of course there are still others who just want to get on with the job, but those ones usually keep quiet on the blogosphere). Every once in a while someone comes out with a blog entry explaining in more or less detail what they dislike so much about Maven. Sometimes these articles contain constructive criticism that allows Maven to evolve in the right direction. That's great. Sometimes they contain inaccuracies or misunderstandings about how Maven works. Sometimes they are just downright wrong. But they nevertheless represent a perception of Maven in parts of the Java community. So in this series of articles, I want to take a look at some of the common myths and ideas that circulate about Maven, and see how they stand up to the light of scientific examination. Myth Number 1: Maven automatically checks for, and downloads, updates at every build The first myth we will tackle involves Maven's network habits. Indeed, there seems to be a widely spread idea about Maven that it slows down your build with excessive network access. Here is quote from a recent blog entry illustrating and propagating this idea: "Maven is broken and wrong if it thinks nothing of slowing down every build by connecting to the n...


Date: January, 07 2010
Url: http://www.java.net/blog/johnsmart/archive/2010/01/06/maven-mythbusters-maven-automatically-updates-every-build


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