Thanks Stephen.. That haelp me a lot!!!
Ivo On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Stephen Connolly < stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > Note that you don't need to add the comments (or even the exclusion) but > these help you later on decipher the intent > > > On 5 February 2013 13:05, Stephen Connolly > <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > It is a version range. > > > > The [ and ] brackets indicate inclusive end-points, while ( and ) are > > exclusive end points, so > > > > [2.3.19 means >=2.3.19 > > 2.4) means < 2.4 > > > > However, due to how versions are compared, there can be strange versions > > that creep into the range. > > > > My recommendation is to add an exclusion on that library to your pom and > > add back in a specific version in order to ensure a reproducible build, > e.g. > > > > if your <dependency> is currently: > > > > <dependency> > > <groupId>com.foo.bar</groupId> > > <artifactId>manchu</artifactId> > > <version>1.3.4</version> > > </dependency> > > > > and the com.foo.bar:manchu:1.3.4 pom is the one containing the version > > range, I would change *your* reference to: > > > > <dependency> > > <groupId>com.foo.bar</groupId> > > <artifactId>manchu</artifactId> > > <version>1.3.4</version> > > <exclusions> > > <exclusion> > > <!-- excluding transitive version range to gain stable build --> > > <groupId>org.something.else</groupId> > > <artifactId>some-dep</artifactId> > > </exclusion> > > </exclusions> > > </dependency> > > <dependency> > > <!-- adding back transitive dependency from com.foo.bar:manchu with > > pinned version --> > > <groupId>org.something.else</groupId> > > <artifactId>some-dep</artifactId> > > <version>2.3.21</version> > > </dependency> > > > > Hope that helps > > > > > > On 5 February 2013 12:57, Alberto Ivo <alberto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> I saw this version in a lib I want to put in my project and did'nt > >> understand what does that mean and didn't find in a maven tutorial.. > could > >> anyone explain, please? > >> > >> <dependency> > >> ... > >> <!-- Latest 2.3.x (not 2.4.x), at least 2.3.19 --> > >> * <version>[2.3.19,2.4)</version>* > >> </dependency> > >> > > > > >
