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clarify: layout changed once
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hboutemy authored Feb 9, 2025
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The layout is responsible for translating the [artifact coordinates](artifacts.md) into generic paths, that is later used to construct some
URI (file path, URL, it depends on context). Obviously, since Maven inception in 2002 the layout evolved as well.
URI (file path, URL, it depends on context). Since Maven inception in 2002, the layout evolved only once as it is shared among the wider ecosystem: when Maven 2 was released.
For simplicity, we will cover current layout (aka "maven2" or "default"), as since Maven 3.x release, the deprecated
"Maven1 layout" (aka "legacy") is not supported anymore.
["Maven1 layout"](/archives/maven-1.x/using/repositories.html) (aka "legacy" in Maven 2.x) is not supported anymore.

This above implies following: if the repository contains a file that is "not on layout" (does not obey layout
transformation rules discussed below), that file is "not addressable" by Maven coordinates, you cannot address that file
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