At this point I cannot see why I would mix SNAPSHOT and final versions of my artifacts as dependencies. (This is a standalone product, the only things depending on it are our tools that create test databases etc.)
Apart from this, is there any danger in using the 2) scheme, i.e. always having 1.0-SNAPSHOT as the development version? Also, if I want to release my milestone versions, what is the best way to name them? Options that spring to mind: 1) 1.0-m1, 1.0-rc1 2) 1.0-M1, 1.0-RC1 3) 1.0.m1, 1.0.rc1 4) 1.0.M1, 1.0.RC1 And what shall I call the final version? 1.0? or 1.0.GA? How is Maven going to decide which is the never? Is it important? Lóránt On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:43, Jörg Schaible <joerg.schai...@gmx.de> wrote: > Hi Lóránt, > > Lóránt Pintér wrote at Dienstag, 23. März 2010 10:21: > >> Hi, >> >> I am in doubt regarding what version numbers I should use for my >> product. There are two schemes I can think of right now: >> >> 1) 1.0-m1-SNAPSHOT -> 1.0-m1 -> 1.0-m2-SNAPSHOT -> 1.0-m2 -> >> 1.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT -> 1.0-rc1 ... >> >> 2) 1.0-SNAPSHOT -> 1.0-m1 -> 1.0-SNAPSHOT -> 1.0-m2 -> 1.0-SNAPSHOT -> >> 1.0-rc1 ... >> >> If I use the first solution, I can always tell by looking at even the >> SNAPSHOT version numbers what milestone we are getting towards. >> However, if I use the second version, my other products that depend on >> this product won't need to "upgrade" every time there is a new >> milestone release. This is a high maintenance, error-prone task that I >> would like to avoid. >> >> What do you suggest? > > Definitely 1, because 1.0-SNAPSHOT is *always* the lowest version in this > scenario: > > 1.0-SNAPSHOT < 1.0-rc1 < 1.0-rc2 < 1.0 < 1.0.1 > > i.e. the dependency resolution of Maven will never pick the SNAPSHOT if you > have the artifact in your transitive deps one time with the SNAPSHOT and one > time with a released version. > > Background: > http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2323 > > - Jörg > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
