Hi all. I'm in the middle of writing a new software application (using Maven), which will eventually be released with some existing software packages (that don't use Maven). Since I've started, I've use the standard version numbering scheme for my applicaiton (at the moment, it's 1.00-SNAPSHOT). However, as it's going to be released with an existing package, I need to get the new app's version number to be the same as the other components.
The existing version number rule uses a four-part number: <Major Version>.<Minor Version>.<Release Number>.<Build Number> An example, 6.01.11.01, or 5.01.00.00 So, this won't work in the default Maven numbering scheme for versions. I've come across the Versions Maven Plugin, and it indicates that a project can define taht certain artifacts can use alternative numbering schemes<http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/version-rules.html>. This sounds like what I want to do: for my specific artifacts, use a numbering scheme that includes an extra number before expecting the qualifier. This page mentions the mercury scheme, and a numeric scheme. But I'm having trouble finding any doco that states what those schemes are. Does anyone know where this is? If these don't match, is it easy to provide our own scheme? We just want the same scheme, but with a fourth number. :) Thanks for any help, Ed
