Maven failing to download jar dependencies

Question

I have a very simple default application that I\'ve created to test my Eclipse Indigo/Maven v3.0.1 setup on my Windows 7 machine. The Hello World app runs fine from Eclipse

Answer 1

In my case, I went to the local repository (~/.m2/repository/), found the corresponding group and discovered that the artifact at which the download is stuck has two files with .part and .part.lock extensions. Deleting them helped.