I thought it was discovered Maven 2/3 does not incorporate the artifact type in the snapshot metadata. So if you deployed artifact X type POM and artifact X type JAR, the latest snapshot metadata dictates the type. Wasn't an enhancement already requested?
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Jason van Zyl <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2009-12-23, at 11:28 AM, Dan Tran wrote: > >> It is interesting that 3.0 apha x already drops this feature even thou >> the discussion ( a while back ) asserted it would be deprecated in 3.0 >> and remove in 3.1 >> > > If you care that much and commit to supporting it put it back. > >> However, as I have complained before ;-), this feature is crucially >> needed for multi platforms ( native, c/c++) build of the same project. >> I hope maven team could come up >> with an alternative in 3.x >> >> -D >> >> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 8:21 AM, fabrice.mercier1 <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> Why do you think it is a bad practice ? I am currently trouble with the >>> choice of setting it to true or false. >>> >>> Fabrice >>> >>> >>> Jason van Zyl-5 wrote: >>>> >>>> I think it can be in the same vein as the no versions for plugins. Not >>>> a very good idea and potentially harmful. >>>> >>>> We put it in, deprecate it over 3.0 and it becomes taboo in 3.1. If >>>> it's a bad practice in the majority of cases then we eliminate it. >>>> Over the life of 3.0 to 3.1 should be long enough. We can also start >>>> deprecating things like this in the 2.x line. >>>> >>>> On 2009-09-04, at 4:49 PM, Brian Fox wrote: >>>> >>>>> I saw this on Benjamin's compat page yesterday and thought I'd throw >>>>> it up for discussion: >>>>> Non-unique Snapshot Deployments >>>>> >>>>> The setting <uniqueVersion>false</uniqueVersion> for a distribution >>>>> repository has no effect in version 3.x, snapshot artifacts will >>>>> always be deployed using a timestamped version. >>>>> >>>>> I personally am not a fan of this feature as I've seen it cause more >>>>> problems than it solves. It also harkens back to a time when >>>>> Repository Managers didn't exist and seems like a work around to >>>>> cleaning up old snapshots. So my life would be easier if this didn't >>>>> exist. >>>>> >>>>> That said, I know of at least one instance where this is required >>>>> (will send a separate thread about that because it's a flaw in Maven >>>>> that should be addressed separately). >>>>> >>>>> With the focus on 3.0 being a drop in for M2, this clearly would cause >>>>> some heartache for users. Does anyone feel strongly enough that this >>>>> should go back? (and is willing to write the new code for it?) >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Jason >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Jason van Zyl >>>> Founder, Apache Maven >>>> http://twitter.com/jvanzyl >>>> http://twitter.com/SonatypeNexus >>>> http://twitter.com/SonatypeM2E >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> http://old.nabble.com/file/u1297858/ft.gif >>> Architect >>> Almerys, activité santé d'Orange Business Services, TOULOUSE >>> http://www.orange-business.com http://www.orange-business.com >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://old.nabble.com/dropping-non-unique-snapshots-in-Maven-3-tp25295809p26904205.html >>> Sent from the Maven Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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] >> > > Thanks, > > Jason > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Jason van Zyl > Founder, Apache Maven > http://twitter.com/jvanzyl > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
