Re: maven-metadata.xml : release vs. latest

2012-01-17 Thread Mirko Friedenhagen
OK, thanks for the answer. And what about the plugins-section in org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-metadata.xml? Deprecated as well? Regards Mirko -- Sent from my phone http://illegalstateexception.blogspot.com http://github.com/mfriedenhagen/ https://bitbucket.org/mfriedenhagen/ On Jan 17, 2012 11:

Re: maven-metadata.xml : release vs. latest

2012-01-17 Thread Stephen Connolly
1. Both of these tags are deprecated because they are a load of crap and useless. 2. Here is what they mean: LATEST => The most recently deployed version RELEASE => The most recently deployed non -SNAPSHOT version Crappy aren't they! 3. Versions-maven-plugin does not pay any heed to those t

maven-metadata.xml : release vs. latest

2012-01-17 Thread Mirko Friedenhagen
Hello, what is the difference between these two tags? Say I deploy two versions 1.1 and 1.2 in this order. What should I expect for release and latest? My expectation would be to see 1.2 for both. Say I deploy 1.2 and later on 1.1. Now my expectation would be 1.2 for latest and 1.1 for release.