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Hans-Peter Stoerr commented on JCRVLT-672:
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[~kwin] Chance has it that I need related functionality in what [I'm currently
working for|https://github.com/ist-dresden/composum-nodes/issues/203] at the
Composum package manager. So I might be able to provide a PR for that with
relatively low effort. I'll see what I can do.
To prevent misunderstandings:
# You want to change Version.compareTo to take up the actual maven semantics?
# Do you think an additional compare function completely ignoring the suffix
would be beneficial? I'm wondering about the signature, though, since that
would be a partial order relation, not a full order relation. Something like
boolean isNewer(Version)? int compareNumericalPrefix(Version)?
> Provide a Version comparison function for "is newer" checks
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>
> Key: JCRVLT-672
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCRVLT-672
> Project: Jackrabbit FileVault
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: 3.6.6
> Reporter: Hans-Peter Stoerr
> Priority: Minor
>
> I suggest to add a function to org.apache.jackrabbit.vault.packaging.Version
> that provides a sensible partial ordering for checking whether one package is
> newer than another.
> Background:
> [org.apache.jackrabbit.vault.packaging.Version#compareTo|https://github.com/apache/jackrabbit-filevault/blob/jackrabbit-filevault-3.6.6/vault-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/vault/packaging/Version.java#L157]
> provides a nice function to sort package versions e.g. for the purpose of
> displaying them in a predictable order that is close to the probable
> timeline. But sometimes you want an "is newer than" relationship - e.g. for a
> sanity check during package installation that you don't install an older over
> a newer package. As far as I know, Adobe AEM is actually (ab-)using that
> compareTo function for that purpose. That is a problem, because if you deploy
> e.g. 1.2.3-SNAPSHOT for a while on a server and then create a release 1.2.3,
> it'll refuse automatic installation because it wrongly thinks 1.2.3-SNAPSHOT
> is newer than 1.2.3.
> Now, obviously you cannot fix that AEM problem here, but you could provide a
> function at Version for future use, that would be a nicely useable "is newer
> than" relationship for that purpose, and add a comment warning people not to
> use Version.compareTo for such a sanity check. That'd be nice for AEM usage,
> but also for other package managers, like our [Composum package
> manager|https://www.composum.com/home/nodes/pckgmgr.html?pages.locale=de].
> While the ordering of the numerical prefix (which is also implemented by
> Version.compareTo) is pretty widely used, there is no widely used ordering
> for the suffixes - they could be anything like -SNAPSHOT, -SNAPSHOT-12, -rc1,
> -alpha, -testing and whatnot. So it's not possible to give a full order for
> that purpose. My suggestion is to provide a partial ordering based on the
> numerical prefix, but to ignore the suffix completely. Perhaps provide a
> function Version.compareNumericPrefix ?
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