Maven 2 is a very useful tool, which relies on a number of plugins in order to work.
When you want to perform a 'release', you cannot rely on 'SNAPSHOT' dependencies to ensure that the build is
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recreatable.
Unfortunately, many of these plugins have very slow (> 6 months) release cycles. Sometimes you Just Don't Care about the maintainers' idea of 'releaseable', and you just want the SNAPSHOT to be fixed so you can perform your release. This is particularly apparent on Agile projects that want to release every sprint. (Where apparent == total pain in the bum).
So - this repository contains plugins and dependencies that have been 'de-snapshotted'. You should mirror them in your local repository (with artifactory or proximity or archiva). [Less]