Latest version of maven causes issues, holding back on updates possible?

There has been a lot of related topics over the years - in some form they have all evolved around being able to keep the system at a certain level, install the same set of packages airgapped systems or sync a system without internet connection.

The blunt and direct TL:DR
Probably not going to happen :grin:

Likely not what you were looking for - you are the system administrator - you are free to handle it as you see fit.

Manjaro provides a branching buffer stabletestingunstable, where unstable is equal Arch Linux stable.

This is likely why you are still in a sane state of mind :slight_smile: regarding your question.

To keep yourself in that sane state - you have a couple of options

pacman.conf

The native package manager has an option to ignore certain syncs. Please see → pacman.conf(5) — Arch manual pages

This is a limited option and it shouldn’t be active for a too long timespan.

custom mirror

You can keep your system at a certain level by creating your own mirror - that mirror does not have to be public - you create it just to keep your sanity.

This option can be used for a longer period of time. It allows you to sync new packages to your system matching a status quo. To move the status quo - when your depending package(s) is in an acceptable state, then - to sync your mirror - you run the sync script described below - then sync your system(s) using your portable mirror.

Please see this following topic → [root tip] [How To] Create and use a portable Manjaro mirror

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