-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Have you ever used java object serialization without specifying:
static final long serialVersionUID = <somevalue>; then changed the class once you had some serialized data somewhere? This version element has a similar purpose to serialVersionUID, and it's every bit as important. - -j John Casey wrote: | It will help avoid another problem like we're having right now in moving | from maven 1 POMs to maven 2 POMs, for one thing. | | I understand wanting to streamline the amount of xml you have to write | for a new project, but surely 34 characters that don't ever change (like | versions of your project do) isn't too much to ask for future | compatibility?? | | -john | | Thomas Van de Velde wrote: | | But this is irrelevant for people not using legecy POM's (which I would | | think is the great majority). What would be the inconvenience of having | | defaut values? People wanting to use legacy poms just need to override | | those. | | | | Thomas | | | | On 10/5/05, Anthony B. Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | | |>Such a default value would be bad karma, in the sense that you have no | |>indication which version of the POM (Schema) the POM instance was written | |>against. That stops you from doing intelligent support of legacy POMs, | |>especially if you make a non-backwards-compatible major version change. | |>Although it is a nuisance, it really is better for each POM instance to | |>explicitly state which POM version it is supposed to be valid against. | |> | |>Cheers, Tony. | |> | |>On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 12:51:42 +0100, Thomas Van de Velde | |><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | |> | |> | |>>Hi, | |>> | |>>Currently you are forced to define the modelVersion for each pom, even | |>>when | |>>declaring a parent. To me this seems to be a purely technical element | |>>that | |>>is of limited interest to end users. Would it not make sense to provide | |> | |>a | |> | |>>default value (4.0.0) if not defined explicitly in the POM? | |> | |>-- | |>Anthony B. Coates, Director | |>Information Design, Messaging and Management | |>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | |>Mobile/Cell: +44 (79) 0543 9026 | |>-- | |>MDDL Editor (Market Data Definition Language) | |>http://www.mddl.org/ | |>FpML AWG Member (Financial Products Markup Language) | |>http://www.fpml.org/ | |> | |>--------------------------------------------------------------------- | |>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |> | |> | | | | - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDQ+XkK3h2CZwO/4URAltcAKCSpEOwMgwzZMByDmG7y/lckx0y5gCgnnS3 b6MLmc1oXtj0pkQNp3P5c9c= =8ibX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
