Consuming Maven-published SNAPTSHOT from Gradle

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I have a repository defined like this:

maven {
		url 'https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots' // for myfaces snapshots
	}

and a dependency like this

implementation('org.apache.myfaces.core.extensions.quarkus:myfaces-quarkus:2.3-next-SNAPSHOT')

But gradle is not able to resolve it and i suspect that the generated maven-metadata.xml for the snapshot is “wrong” from a gradle perspective, but it works fine when pulling said depndency from a maven proiect.

https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/myfaces/core/extensions/quarkus/myfaces-quarkus/2.3-next-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml

Gradle uses the timestamp and buildNumber values from the xml to construct a file that does not exist on the server:

<metadata modelVersion="1.1.0">
	<groupId>org.apache.myfaces.core.extensions.quarkus</groupId>
	<artifactId>myfaces-quarkus</artifactId>
	<version>2.3-next-SNAPSHOT</version>
	<versioning>
		<snapshot>
			<timestamp>20200813.133542</timestamp>
			<buildNumber>183</buildNumber>
		</snapshot>
		<lastUpdated>20200813133542</lastUpdated>
		<snapshotVersions>
			<snapshotVersion>
				<extension>jar</extension>
				<value>2.3-next-20200813.133408-182</value>
				<updated>20200813133542</updated>
			</snapshotVersion>
			<snapshotVersion>
				<extension>pom</extension>
				<value>2.3-next-20200813.133408-182</value>
				<updated>20200813133542</updated>
			</snapshotVersion>
			<snapshotVersion>
				<classifier>sources</classifier>
				<extension>jar</extension>
				<value>2.3-next-20200813.133408-182</value>
				<updated>20200813133542</updated>
			</snapshotVersion>
		</snapshotVersions>
	</versioning>
</metadata>

Execution failed for task ‘:quarkusPrepare’.

Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ‘:runtimeClasspath’.
Could not find org.apache.myfaces.core.extensions.quarkus:myfaces-quarkus:2.3-next-SNAPSHOT.
Searched in the following locations:
-https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/myfaces/core/extensions/quarkus/myfaces-quarkus/2.3-next-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml - https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/myfaces/core/extensions/quarkus/myfaces-quarkus/2.3-next-SNAPSHOT/myfaces-quarkus-2.3-next-20200813.133542-183.pom

This file indeed does not exist.
When using a maven project to pull the dependency, it happly works and resolves to
2.3-next-20200813.133408-182

From what i understand, the maven-metadata.xml is wrong. But as it is hard to convince owners that they should change something because “it works with maven”, I am wondering if there is a way to make gradle resolve this.

Thanks,
Daniel