How to use maven repositories instead of p2 update sites to provision plugins in Eclipse IDE?

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In my region it will be much faster using a maven repository instead of a p2 update site to provision plugins in Eclipse IDE and I'm craving for a solution. Has there been solutions already or can somebody drop some hints for me to modify the source code of the update mechanism so that a maven repository can fit in? I see that the DBeaver Universal Database Tool, which is an Eclipse RCP application, uses maven repositories to deliver database connection drivers. How can I achieve the same in provisioning of Eclipse plugins?

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Since Eclipse is based on the OSGi framework Equinox, and there are other OSGi frameworks that work well with Maven, e.g., Karaf, one possible solution will be managing the Eclipse plugins in Karaf.