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Activate `use-apache-snapshots` profile

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Read the ASF Parent POM documentation linked in the issue, then inspect the parent POM configuration and the builds that may need snapshot dependencies, including logging-log4j-samples. Resolve whether the profile belongs in the parent POM or only in dependent builds; done means the chosen activation is documented and the affected builds work with ASF snapshots.

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Description

As documented on the ASF Parent POM website, since version 34 the ASF Parent POM moves the apache.snapshots repository to the use-apache-snapshots profile.

We have two choices here:

  • We can activate the profile in the parent POM and work as usual.
  • We can activate the profile only in the builds that actually need it (e.g. logging-log4j-samples

@vy: what do you think?

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