Why is there no Maven repository for Eclipse Birt 3.7 => There is one for Birt 4.2

Question

Now, since Birt 3.7 has an easier way to use the runtime (just deploy the jars), why is there no maven repository?

Birt contains over 50 dependencies, it\'s ridiculous.<

Answer 1

It looks like someone took the burden:

http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.ow2.orchestra.eclipse.birt

Answer 2

You can find another workaround here: http://hartmann-schneevoigt.com/2012/04/04/eclipse-birt-3-7-2-with-maven/

Basically, in this solution / workaround the birt artifacts were uploaded to a local artifact proxy using maven-eclipse-plugin and then used as normal maven dependencies, as you would do in general.

All necessary pom snippets and commands are provided, so this should be a short task.

Answer 3

Below maven dependency worked for me perfectly.

 <repositories>
  <repository>
        <id>sonatype-nexus-releases</id>
        <name>Sonatype Nexus Releases</name>
        <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/</url>
  </repository>
</repositories>

Answer 4

http://wiki.eclipse.org/Maven_Tools_4_Eclipse might help.

There is this: maven.eclipse.org The official maven repository from eclipse, it even uses dependencies from maven central.

Now it narrows down to: Why is BIRT 3.7 not in eclipse 3.7?

Answer 5

Please note that the artifacts present in Maven Central (http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.ow2.orchestra.eclipse.birt) are incomplete: for example, they are missing the PDF emitter.

That means you cannot produce PDF, a serious drawback for a reporting engine, IMO.