Removing version number from jar file when distributing
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                 Key: PAXRUNNER-164
                 URL: http://issues.ops4j.org/jira/browse/PAXRUNNER-164
             Project: Pax Runner
          Issue Type: Improvement
            Reporter: David Leangen
            Assignee: Alin Dreghiciu
            Priority: Minor


Just wondering something...

Would it be possible to remove the version number from the jar file when 
creating a distribution of pax-runner. The reason is this:

When I install pax-runner to my file system, the directory structure looks like 
this:

  $PAX_HOME
    pax-runner-$VERSION
      bin
        pax-run
        pax-run.bat
        pax-runner-$VERSION.jar

What I like to do is create a symbolic link in $PAX_HOME called "pax-runner" 
that points to the current pax-runner directory. This way, to update my 
pax-runner, all I need to do is copy the new files and update by symbolic link.

Because, however, the jar holds the version number, this means that in addition 
to having to update just my symbolic link, I also have to update any scripts I 
have that make use of pax-runner, which is not a nice thing to have to do.

So, it would be really nice to change pax-runner-$VERSION.jar to just 
pax-runner.jar.

Thank you!


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