On 15/01/2010, at 12:42 PM, Benjamin Bentmann wrote: > Brett Porter wrote: > >> Perhaps we might only do it for 3.0 if that's the case (esp. since this has >> a very minor chance of incompatibility if the property is in use). > > Why has the version to be locked down in the first place? Is it to prevent > usage of a snapshot version? If so, I don't think this applies to 3.0 as it > prefers RELEASE over LATEST.
Ah, I had forgotten about that. That was probably the main reason, but it is also valuable to protect the releases. I think these were ones we got bitten by before: http://markmail.org/message/if6sbrsvr2zrvkta http://markmail.org/message/fgopqlnnhuecfmnq We are likely more careful with the releases, but as it's something that immediately affects all users on a new release, it's probably a little disconcerting. - Brett -- Brett Porter br...@apache.org http://brettporter.wordpress.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
