Good point. I did some experiments with the version:set plugin and I can live 
with the rollback using that. So I reset the poms to 3.1.2-SNAPSHOT. Problem 
solved.

On Oct 4, 2013, at 7:18 AM, Igor Fedorenko <i...@ifedorenko.com> wrote:

> Practical question. What should be supported maven version range for new
> ITs introduced during 3.1.2 development, [3.1,)? This means we'd need to
> tag ITs, right? Otherwise it wouldn't be possible to successfully rerun
> ITs for 3.1 and 3.1.1, unless I am mistaken.
> 
> --
> Regards,
> Igor
> 
> On 2013-09-14 1:24 PM, Jason van Zyl wrote:
>> When a release fails like this it is annoying to have to rev back the
>> version of the POM. I'm not sure who flipped the versions in the POM
>> and while it's a little more visible to see what you're moving toward
>> I prefer the pattern of:
>> 
>> 3.1-SNAPSHOT --> 3.1.1 --> 3.1-SNAPSHOT --> 3.1.2 --> 3.1-SNAPSHOT
>> 
>> I know this may not be obvious to the casual observer as they may
>> think 3.1 is next, but I'm personally fine with that.
>> 
>> Especially after a failed release because then I don't have to go
>> change all the POMs (whether rolling back manually, using the release
>> rollback, the version:set command, or whatever else). It's much
>> easier to just fix what's necessary and carry on.
>> 
>> Unless anyone objects I would like to go back this pattern, what I
>> previously had, because it's far easier to manage. Ideally it might
>> be nice if all the tools understood 3.1.z-SNAPSHOT but they don't an
>> in lieu of that I would prefer not to diddle POMs after a failed
>> release.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Jason
>> 
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>> Zyl Founder,  Apache Maven http://twitter.com/jvanzyl
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Thanks,

Jason

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