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Subject: Re: What exactly does Maven do in this particular environment?
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On 01/16/2015 05:58 PM, Ramon F Herrera wrote:

> What is Maven doing for me? Is it some sort of fancy "make"? Perhaps it
> retrieves code (more generally: resources) from Carnegie Mellon? Does it
> make sure to downloads the latest & greatest (like some Microsoft
> facilities?).
>
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