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[MWRAPPER-148] Allow to use distributionVersion instead of distributionUrl in maven-wrapper.properties

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Issue type
Feature
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Mostly clear
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Stale
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java
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start by locating how maven-wrapper.properties is read and how distributionUrl is currently used. Trace the version and distribution lookup flow, then verify that a distributionVersion=3.9.9 entry produces the corresponding Maven distribution URL while existing distributionUrl entries continue to work.

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Description

enhancement priority:major

Sebastian T opened MWRAPPER-148 and commented

It would be helpful if one could specify

distributionVersion=3.9.9

instead of

distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.9/apache-maven-3.9.9-bin.zip

in maven-wrapper.properties.

That would e.g. make programmatically upgrading the version in the file easier.


Affects: 3.3.2

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