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Though the default index directory for many repositories is ".index", there are cases where an alternate index directory is desired. As an example, the default when using Apache Archiva is ".indexer". For Archiva, the default for local repositories can be configured, but currently the "merged index" for repository groups is not configurable from ".indexer". In addition, most repository systems (Artifactory, etc.) allow configuring alternate locations for indexes, even allowing for hosting of indexes on alternate hosts. It would be very valuable if the index location for repositories added to the NetBeans Services->Maven Repositories was editable. The value is listed in the properties but can't be changed. Can it simply be made editable and/or prompted for when adding a new repo?
the current working of the repositories node in services is semi-automatic, collecting repositories from projects, applying mirror settings.. for any of these to work correctly, the index location has to be the same. The editing of .index location would only apply to manually entered repositories, which are currently IMHO a minority of entries. Also it would not solve the one big mainstream usecase of mirroring central..
We are also using Archiva as our internal repository. And will be very useful for us to be able to manually configure index directory to ".indexer".
this archiva issue is related: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRM-1745
This old bug may not be relevant anymore. If you can still reproduce it in 8.2 development builds please reopen this issue. Thanks for your cooperation, NetBeans IDE 8.2 Release Boss