building spring batch sample application

Question

I am trying to build the sample application for spring batch 2.1.6. (ie. spring-batch-2.1.6.RELEASE/samples/spring-batch-samples) using maven but am getting this error for a missing plugin:

[ERROR] Plugin com.springsource.bundlor:com.springsource.bundlor.maven:1.0.0.RELEASE or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failure to find com.springsource.bundlor:com.springsource.bundlor.maven:jar:1.0.0.RELEASE in http://repo1.maven.org/maven2 was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of central has elapsed or updates are forced ->

Is there another repository I can set up to get this plugin? I am a bit suprised to be getting this errror as this is the latest realease version of spring batch.

Here is the repository section from the pom as it came in the download:

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>com.springsource.repository.bundles.external</id>
        <name>SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Repository - SpringSource Bundle External</name>
        <url>http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/external</url>
        <snapshots>
            <enabled>false</enabled>
        </snapshots>
    </repository>
</repositories>

Answer 1

The project's parent pom has a bootstrap profile which contains the necessary repository definitions. Build the project with the command mvn test -P bootstrap and it will download the dependencies.

P.S. This is explained in the readme's instructions that how to build Spring Batch. It would be good if they would also tell how to do it in the instructions for using the samples - maybe you could file a bug report?