Also it is an interesting subject with respect to OSGi versioning because Maven and OSGi versions are somewhat conflicting as well. See [1]
[1] http://versionatorr.appspot.com/?a=1.5.0-final&b=1.5.0-ea Sergi 2015-12-01 17:56 GMT+03:00 Raul Kripalani <ra...@apache.org>: > It is different when the keyword is part of the version (1.1.1.RELEASE), > like Spring, and when it's a qualifier (1.1.1-RELEASE). > > Maven treats both cases differently. > On 1 Dec 2015 14:52, "Yakov Zhdanov" <yzhda...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Sergi, very good point! Guys, it seems that EA is not a good choice. > > > > However, how many of you have ever used RELEASE as version in maven or > > version range? > > > > --Yakov > > >