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Michael Osipov edited comment on MNG-7221 at 9/8/21, 7:17 PM: -------------------------------------------------------------- I would rather close this one out this year than having it lurk around for years... was (Author: michael-o): I rather close this one out this year than having it lurk around for years... > Allow "FUTURE" as an alias for "SNAPSHOT" > ----------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-7221 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-7221 > Project: Maven > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Core > Affects Versions: 3.8.2 > Reporter: Enrique Arizón Benito > Priority: Minor > Fix For: waiting-for-feedback, wontfix-candidate > > > +underlined text+SNAPSHOT versioning is an excellent idea that solve many > problems, still many people do not understand them, mostly because they do > not have the time to read the related documentation or just get confused by > blogs with incorrect information. > After working with many developers with different skills and experience I > have found that replacing SNAPSHOT by FUTURE offers a much more intuitive > idea on how to use the maven snapshots. > IMHO, allowing for nomenclature like "v1-FUTURE" as an alias for > "v1-SNAPSHOT" will boost the perceived usability of maven to many non-expert > developers. > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)