As far as I know, JScience is very lively. The project is currently migrating to Java.net , and the migration is not completed. This is most likely the reason you cannot see JAR snapshot files for 5.0. In fact, the last snapshot was only prepared after resolving the specific configuration issue reported in Java.net JIRA. Maybe you should wait a few days, or maybe send a letter to the project administrator about what the intermediate run should use JScience POM.
Vineet reynolds
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