Cache Maven distribution downloaded by Maven Wrapper

[Marcono1234]

Description:
Cache the Maven distribution downloaded by the official Maven Wrapper.

The cache key should probably be derived from the .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties file (see documentation), similar to how it is done already for the Gradle Wrapper.

The directory to cache is ~/.m2/wrapper/dists (see documentation).

Justification:
Without caching, projects using the Maven Wrapper would have to download the Maven distribution (~8MB) every time the project is built.

For Gradle the setup-java action already supports caching the Gradle distribution downloaded by the wrapper:

setup-java/src/cache.ts

Line 36 in 8f12c5c

'**/gradle-wrapper.properties',

setup-java/src/cache.ts

Line 32 in 8f12c5c

path: [join(os.homedir(), '.gradle', 'caches'), join(os.homedir(), '.gradle', 'wrapper')],

Are you willing to submit a PR?

Probably not

[IvanZosimov]

Hi, @Marcono1234 👋 Thank you for the feature request! We will investigate it and get back to you with our decision as soon as possible.

[yeikel]

@IvanZosimov I submitted #453 for this

[fadma10]

it's runing

[seepine]

@yeikel Hi, maybe you can support gradlew also, this is really useful of cache mvnw and gradlew

[yeikel]

@yeikel Hi, maybe you can support gradlew also, this is really useful of cache mvnw and gradlew

I think that we should track that separately

[seepine]

@yeikel Hi, maybe you can support gradlew also, this is really useful of cache mvnw and gradlew

I think that we should track that separately

You are right, maybe not work of cache gradlew due to excessive cache size, i find it work just now.