Why not use archive.apache.org instead of dlcdn.apache.org to download Maven ?

[jonathan-schiltz-cap4lab]

Hello ! In https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/linux/scripts/installers/java-tools.sh line 131
mavenDownloadUrl="https://dlcdn.apache.org/maven/maven-3/${mavenVersion}/binaries/apache-maven-${mavenVersion}-bin.zip" We use dlcdn.apache.org to download the Maven binaries. However, dlcdn hosts only latest patch of every minor. You're currently using 3.8.8 (hardcoded in a config file). So when 3.8.9 is released, the image build will fail to fetch 3.8.8.

Why don't we use archive.apache.org instead as the url will "forever" serve the version ? Maintainers would not have to rush the Maven upgrade when Apache releases a patch.

The line linked above would become mavenDownloadUrl="https://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/${mavenVersion}/binaries/apache-maven-${mavenVersion}-bin.zip". Please mind the /dist between the archive.apache.org and the /maven.

Thanks for your consideration and all the efforts you make to deliver these images to the community.
I hope this idea will be useful to the maintainers.

Best regards,
Jonathan

[sergei-pyshnoi]

HI @jonathan-schiltz-cap4lab . Thanks for your advice! We will take look.