Why does Artifactory have both Gradle and Maven repositories?

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After evaluating Artifactory for the first time, I find it confusing that when going through the initial setup, and selecting both Maven and Gradle integration, it creates two sets of repositories for me

  1. platform-gradle-dev-local
  2. platform-gradle-release-local
  3. platform-libs-release-local
  4. platform-libs-snapshot-local

While I have used Maven for many years, I am new to Gradle. The mystery to me is, I cannot see any utility in having separate repos for Gradle and Maven builds, and I cannot fathom from JFrog documentation why they do this.

Is there any reason to use the two gradle repos, or can I just use the standard Maven repos for all builds? Gradle, Maven, SBT, etc.

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1 Answers

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Artifactory Gradle repositories have a different layout than Maven repositories.
The layout used for Gradle repositories is compatible with the one use by the default Gradle Ivy repository layout.
Unless you need to use this repository layout, you should be perfectly fine working with a Maven repository.