Requests for Maven packages that are not found on GitLab should be forwarded to maven-central
Problem to solve
Java developers often use a combination of private, in-house built packages and packages that are publically available in the Maven central repository.
However, we do not currently help users with pulling packages from this popular, remote repository.
Intended users
User experience goal
- By default (although an Admin can turn the feature off) GitLab will look for packages first in the project/group/instance level maven repository, but if a package is not found, we will look in maven-central to see if it can be resolved.
Proposal
When a user tries to download a Maven package using their Project/Group/Instance-level endpoint and the package is NOT found, forward the request to Maven-central and, if possible, download the package.
Further details
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Documentation
Availability & Testing
What does success look like, and how can we measure that?
Links / references
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