What exactly is a Maven Snapshot and why do we need it?

Question

I am a bit confused about the meaning of a Maven Snapshot and why we build one?

Answer 1

Snapshot simply means depending on your configuration Maven will check latest changes on a special dependency. Snapshot is unstable because it is under development but if on a special project needs to has a latest changes you must configure your dependency version to snapshot version. This scenario occurs in big organizations with multiple products that these products related to each other very closely.