Where can I find some more details on what is contained in a Maven repository's Maven Index? Where can one find more details on how this all works? I am somewhat familiar with the maven-indexer, but I still have some grey spots...
What is the difference between the unpacked and packed indexes?
Does a Maven proxy repository have just the remote's index, or does it also keep an index of what artifacts it currently has cached locally?
A thorough and sufficiently lengthy reply would be highly appreciated, as I'm researching the topic and there's, unfortunately, little documentation about it.