I am glad I started this discussion. I believe it is very useful for many developers. I totally agree with arguments for using versions; I like the structure and discipline, and I agree that it will reduce the number of errors.
Software vendors like Tibco and Oracle may reconsider their artifact names when more developers use maven2. They may even use maven2 themselves and store their artifacts in accessible repositories. For now, I will just rename those few files, no big deal. -----Original Message----- From: Jason van Zyl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 5:50 AM To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: Maven2: dependencies with non-conformant file names. On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 09:36 +0200, Kenney Westerhof wrote: > On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Mykel Alvis wrote: > > Total now $0.04: > > I totally agree, but since Maven 2 already uses directories with the > version in it's name, it should be possible to store the jar itself > without a version in it's name. The path to the jar already has it's > version in it, so you can still differentiate between versions > (but not snapshots..) Here's my take on it: http://blogs.codehaus.org/projects/maven/archives/001052_why_maven_uses_ jar_names_with_versions.html -- jvz. Jason van Zyl jason at maven.org http://maven.apache.org Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end result of a clean forward thrust, and our present difficulties as signs of decline and decay. -- Eric Hoffer, Reflections on the Human Condition --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------- If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute it. Click here for important additional terms relating to this e-mail. http://www.ml.com/email_terms/ -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
