I said that before and will say again, maven sometimes sucks.
Its like your mother in low, you respect her because she brought the comfort into your life, you must live with her coz there is no other, but sometimes you really really wan'a kill her, and your at least comforted knowing she will probably be dismissed earlier then you and the sooner the better.
so what do you do if you have a jar you want to include in your build and packaging but you can't find it in any public repository?