[cross-project-issues-dev] Maven Central cache

[Denis Roy <denis.roy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings,

You may be aware that we've had issues with HIPP servers connecting to
external resources; Maven Central being the most notable.  While there
are many parts to complicate the investigation, we've been educated
towards setting up a proxy cache of Maven Central on repo.eclipse.org,
our Nexus server.

I think using repo.eclipse.org as a global cache will have many
benefits, including much faster build times, more reliable builds and
fewer wasted resources.

To configure your HIPP (and/or your build jobs) to use the cache, please
see:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=492412#c26

Once we've determined it to be a reliable solution, we'll redirect
requests bound for Maven Central to the cache on repo.eclipse.org.

Thanks,

Denis