Maven release update policy
dependency-management, java, maven
Solution
Does releases having an updatePolicy mean that releases behave the same way as snapshots in this regard? Or will that setting not work (in which case the documentation needs to be updated) with the releases at all?
Some maven managed repository allows to overwrite release artifacts, so to match with it you can configure your `settings.xml` (this would be in very rare case)
Problem
I see that the `releases` setting in the maven settings has got an `updatePolicy` as the `snapshots` setting has. I was always under the impression released artifacts won't/shouldn't change, so there can't ever be a question of update policy when it comes to `releases`. Or am I wrong? Does `releases` having an `updatePolicy` mean that `releases` behave the same way as `snapshots` in this regard? Or will that setting not work (in which case the documentation needs to be updated) with the `releases` at all? Not that I ever tried it myself, but it sounds like a terrible idea should the `updatePolicy` work with `releases`; so I wanted to know if it would work in the first place.