So, offline mode has several implications, some of which may not be
  altogether obvious:

  * Localhost may be unavailable. Therefore, even locally installed
    server processes which work by conversing over a port may fail.

  * Not all "remote" repositories will fail. Specifically, if the remote
    repo uses the file:// protocol, and it doesn't refer to a shared
    filesystem, it will continue to be available.

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* Along with this comes the testing strategies that make this work
* The repository model where plugins can be stored and cataloged
* Bridging this into an OSGi system: if this could be done then we can basically take over p2

TODO

- dealing with processing of input and adapting GAVs before searching i.e. plugin groups in Maven and default searching
- how to deal with resolution from different places like local/remote/workspace