Re: [aether-users] Keeping only most current Snapshot version locally

[Benjamin Bentmann <bentmann@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Johannes Dorn wrote:

> But when a new version of the artifact is resolved, the old file still
> remains in the local repository.
>
> My naive solution to the problem would be to delete old files after an
> artifact was resolved.

Aether itself doesn't know when an end application no longer uses a 
previously resolved file. So yes, using a listener to watch for newly 
downloaded snapshots and triggering cleanup task is the best option you 
have.


Benjamin