I'm using Maven to handle a Java project. I thought that Internet connectivity was only needed in the 1st compile to download the required libraries from the remote repositories, but I get several download messages whenever I compile code. Messages like these:
Downloading: http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/eclipse/core/resources/maven-metadata.xml
Downloading: http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/external/org/eclipse/core/resources/maven-metadata.xml
Downloading: http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/release/org/eclipse/core/resources/maven-metadata.xml
Downloading: https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/org/eclipse/core/resources/maven-metadata.xml
Why that happens and how I could prevent it?
The most important thing is to start using a repository manager furthermore check the configuration in your settings.xml file which can be configured to check the remote repositories (update policy).