I'm probably dumb (again...) but: my current understanding is that when
installing a typical fedora java package it installs
/usr/share/maven-metadata/app.xml and other things including a jar file
typically like /usr/share/java/app/app.jar.
Now, if I need to make some local development I need to install this
app.jar file into my local maven repository using something like
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=... -DartifactId=... -Dfile=...
All this metadata (groupId, artifactId, etc.) is available in the
/usr/share/maven-metadata/app.xml file. So, my question: is there any
tool which parses app.xml and installs the jar file to the local maven
repository?
Or have I just got it wrong, and there is another much more elegant way
to make system jar files available to the local maven?
cheers!
--alec