[tycho-user] Specifying an archived p2 repository in pom.xml?

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Previously we added a repository in a parent pom.xml like:


         <!-- using http -->
	<repositories>
		<repository>
			<id>some-id</id>
 			<layout>p2</layout>
 			<url>http://some-host/the-repo</url>
			<layout>p2</layout>
		</repository>
	</repositories>	

we have now moved this repo to an internal network drive as a zipped
archive. How do I setup the repository to read from this
location/archive? I have tried:

         <!-- using file/archive -->
	<repositories>
		<repository>
			<id>some-id</id>
 			<layout>p2</layout>
			<url>file:////our-network/p2/the-repo.zip/</url>
		</repository>
	</repositories>

	<build>
		<extensions>
			<extension>
				<groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
				<artifactId>wagon-file</artifactId>
				<version>2.2</version>
			</extension>
		</extensions>	

but tycho does not understand/read the above archived repo:

[WARNING] Could not transfer metadata..... from/to ....
file:////our-network/p2/the-repo.zip/): No connector available to
access repository .... (file:////our-network/p2/the-repo.zip/) of type
p2
using the available factories WagonRepositoryConnectorFactory

....
[ERROR] Internal error: java.lang.RuntimeException:
java.lang.RuntimeException:
org.eclipse.equinox.p2.core.ProvisionException: No repository found at
file:////our-network/p2/the-repo.zip/. -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.InternalErrorException: Internal error:
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException:
org.eclipse.equinox.p2.core.ProvisionException: No repository found a
t file:////our-network/p2/the-repo.zip/.
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:168)


Does tycho not support archived p2 sites in the repository tag?