Maven Versions Plug-in Skipping Update Check
maven, maven-3, nexus
Solution
Your settings.xml file should be configured as documented in the Nexus book. Your configuration wont work since it only partly overrides the super pom of Maven.
Problem
When I attempt to use `versions:use-releases` my release repository is marked as "disabled", meaning the snapshot dependencies do not get resolved to releases. I don't understand why the repository is considered disabled. Here is the abbreviated debug output from the build: ``` [DEBUG] (f) remoteArtifactRepositories = [ id: snapshots url: http://maven.live.hostname.net/content/repositories/snapshots/ layout: default snapshots: [enabled => true, update => daily] releases: [enabled => true, update => daily] , id: company-nexus url: http://maven.live.hostname.net/content/groups/public/ layout: default snapshots: [enabled => false, update => daily] releases: [enabled => true, update => daily] ] [...] [DEBUG] Looking for a release of promotion-test-central:promotion-test-central:jar:1.6.0-SNAPSHOT [INFO] artifact promotion-test-central:promotion-test-central: checking for updates from snapshots [DEBUG] Reading resolution-state from: /home/tester/.m2/repository/promotion-test-central/promotion-test-central/resolver-status.properties [DEBUG] Writing resolution-state to: /home/tester/.m2/repository/promotion-test-central/promotion-test-central/resolver-status.properties [DEBUG] Skipping update check for artifact promotion-test-central:promotion-test-central (/home/tester/.m2/repository/promotion-test-central/promotion-test-central/maven-metadata-company-nexus.xml) from disabled repository company-nexus (http://hostname/content/groups/public/) ``` I run a setup that mirrors requests to `central` to our Nexus instance, and also specifies a global snapshot repository too: ``` <mirrors> <mirror> <id>mendeley-nexus</id> <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf> <url>http://maven.live.chonp.net/content/groups/public/</url> </mirror> </mirrors> <profiles> <profile> <id>default</id> <repositories> <repository> <id>snapshots</id> <url>http://maven.live.chonp.net/content/repositories/snapshots/</url> <snapshots> <enabled>true</enabled> </snapshots> </repository> </repositories> </profile> </profiles> <activeProfiles> <activeProfile>default</activeProfile> </activeProfiles> ``` There exists a release and snapshot version of the dependency in question, and the repository works exactly as expected in all other respects.