Author: brett
Date: Thu May 12 17:58:56 2005
New Revision: 169916
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=169916&view=rev
Log:
add FAQ on dependency versioning
Modified:
maven/maven-1/core/trunk/xdocs/faq.fml
Modified: maven/maven-1/core/trunk/xdocs/faq.fml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/maven/maven-1/core/trunk/xdocs/faq.fml?rev=169916&r1=169915&r2=169916&view=diff
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--- maven/maven-1/core/trunk/xdocs/faq.fml (original)
+++ maven/maven-1/core/trunk/xdocs/faq.fml Thu May 12 17:58:56 2005
@@ -453,6 +453,32 @@
</p>
</answer>
</faq>
+
+ <faq id="unversioned-jars">
+ <question>I want to store unversioned JARs in the Maven repository, why
won't Maven let me?</question>
+ <answer>
+ <p>
+ There was a workaround to allow this in Maven 1.x, but it will be
removed in future. The version is
+ required for Maven's dependency management to work effectively, and
besides, it's a good practice.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The local repository is Maven's private cache area, so it is
entitled to name the JARs as it sees fit to
+ operate correctly. When you put the resulting JARs into your
webapps, etc, you should have the flexibilityo
+ to name them as you wish (though we recommend the default).
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ You can use a version of UNVERSIONED or similar as a last resort,
but it is strongly recommended that you
+ use something recognisable.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ You can get more information from the following sources:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a
href="http://blogs.codehaus.org/projects/maven/archives/001052_why_maven_uses_jar_names_with_versions.html";>Why
Maven uses JAR names with versions</a></li>
+ <li><a
href="http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/jdcasey/archives/001053_dependencies_to_version_or_not_to_version.html";>Dependencies:
To Version or Not To Version?</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </answer>
+ </faq>
</part>
<part id="ibiblio">
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