title: Why is there no Maven repository for Eclipse Birt 3.7 => There is one for Birt 4.2
body: <p>Now, since Birt 3.7 has an easier way to use the runtime (just deploy the jars), why is there no maven repository?</p>
  
  <p>Birt contains over 50 dependencies, it's ridiculous.</p>
  
  <p>How do you work around this issue?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update:</strong><br>
  Some more help is out there (we are not alone):
  <a href="https://dev.c-ware.de/confluence/display/PUBLIC/Embeding+Birt+into+Application+built+with+Maven" rel="nofollow">https://dev.c-ware.de/confluence/display/PUBLIC/Embeding+Birt+into+Application+built+with+Maven</a></p>
  
  <p><strong>Update 11. Feb. 2012</strong><br>
  In the linked Birt-Exchange Forum there is some progress:</p>
  
  
  
  <pre class="lang-xml prettyprint-override"><code>&lt;repositories&gt;
      &lt;repository&gt;
          &lt;id&gt;sonatype-nexus-snapshots&lt;/id&gt;
          &lt;name&gt;Sonatype Nexus Snapshots&lt;/name&gt;
          &lt;url&gt;https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/&lt;/url&gt;
      &lt;/repository&gt;
  &lt;/repositories&gt;
  
  &lt;dependency&gt;
      &lt;groupId&gt;org.eclipse.birt.runtime&lt;/groupId&gt;
      &lt;artifactId&gt;org.eclipse.birt.runtime&lt;/artifactId&gt;
      &lt;version&gt;3.7.1-SNAPSHOT&lt;/version&gt;
  &lt;/dependency&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have't tested myself.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update 23. Apr. 2012</strong><br>
  Some more movement (this time on Eclipse side)<br>
  <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/m/845370/" rel="nofollow">http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/m/845370/</a><br>
  => Looking forward to June, maybe this time.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update 11. July 2012</strong><br>
  Still no useful new information from the linked places<br>
  For some of you this: <a href="http://hartmann-schneevoigt.com/2012/04/04/eclipse-birt-3-7-2-with-maven/" rel="nofollow">http://hartmann-schneevoigt.com/2012/04/04/eclipse-birt-3-7-2-with-maven/</a> might help. (deploys jar from eclipse to artifactory / nexus, with much less efford)</p>
  
  <p>Here might be the solution:<br>
  <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=258911" rel="nofollow">https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=258911</a> (Scroll to bottom)</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-xml prettyprint-override"><code>&lt;repository&gt;
     &lt;id&gt;sonatype-nexus-releases&lt;/id&gt;
     &lt;name&gt;Sonatype Nexus Releases&lt;/name&gt;
     &lt;url&gt;https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/&lt;/url&gt;
  &lt;/repository&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Final Update</strong><br>
  It's official here in Birt 4.2 (Find paragraph 'Maven Support')
  <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/project/notable4.2.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/project/notable4.2.php</a></p>