I am downright annoyed because the Quartz release I'm importing does not have a proper POM file deployed (maven repo).
Therefore maven dutifully tries to download it on every build.
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/opensymphony/quartz/1.6.3/quartz-1.6.3.pom
I'd like to skip this step but without going completely offline since that is useful.
Ideas?
Add an additional repository, with this artifact and make sure the POM is correct. This way the main repo POM will be overridden. You can run repository manager such as artifactory or nexus locally
If its a transitive dependency that isn't actually required, then you can use the <exclude /> element to achieve this.
You could host the POM in a local repository manager, or in your local repository. If it's really bugging you I'd recommend contacting the project team and asking them to fix their metadata or raising a request directly against the central repository with your own fix. Details on how to raise a request can be found here