Take a look at versions-maven-plugin.... http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/version-rules.html
Might help you out (our product management requires 5 digit version numbers) ;-) -Stephen On 4 March 2010 13:41, Steppan, Bernhard <bernhard.step...@navteq.com>wrote: > Since our product management has introduced a product prefix we're > searching for a solution for a 4-digit (plus qualifier) versioning scheme > (<product>.<major>.<minor>.<patch>-qualifier). Unfortunately we recognized > that Maven does not support this enhanced scheme very well: > > -When comparing a 4-digit version number with a 3-digit version number, the > 3-digit number is always newer, e.g.: 0.1.0 > 6.0.1.1 > -When comparing 4-digit version numbers, Maven does a string comparison (as > the versions are treated as qualifiers): the 4th "digit" is not compared > correctly<http://www.mail-archive.com/users@maven.apache.org/msg87751.html>, > e.g. 6.1.0.3 > 6.1.0.15 > => Version ranges do not work correctly :( > => Any plug-ins that are sorting versions do not work correctly (we are not > sure which plug-ins are affected, if any) :( > => However, using RELEASE version (will use the latest released version) > seems to work correctly :) (maybe this one uses a different interpretation > of "latest"?) > > Is the support of the four-digit + qualifier scheme planned to be realized? > > -Bernhard >
