Please read the doc ;-) On 9/19/06, Markus KARG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So I shall do mvn -B deploy out what? Please remind that I am a Maven starter... If you want me something to try out then I need clear commands. :-) dan tran schrieb: > On 9/18/06, Markus KARG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Dan, >> >> please find my answer inlined. >> >> Thanks a lot >> Markus >> >> > This is in contrast to the version scheme told in >> > "BetterBuildsWithMaven.pdf", so does this mean that the SNAPSHOT >> > mechanism only checks for the word SNAPSHOT "somewhere" in the >> > version? >> > Actually qualifiers will lower the version number will build >> numbers >> > increase the version number. So is this still true when adding >> > -SNAPSHOT AFTER the build number as seen above? >> > >> > The numbering scheme told in BBWM is recommendation only. however, if >> > you have >> > -SNAPSHOT at the end, when you deploy it to your internal repo, who >> ever >> > depends on your snapshot artifact will pickup up the latest of your >> > snapshot automatically depending >> > your download policy. >> >> So in fact -SNAPSHOT is to be set AFTER the build number but not as the >> qualifier. So that particular section of BBMW is wrong then: It says >> that SNAPSHOT shall be the qualifier (= BEFORE the build number). Whom >> to blame for? ;-) > > > > Mergere? :-) But as long as you understand how SNAPSHOT works, the > version > scheme is not that important any more. The general practice is > > x.y[.z]-[alpha|beta|rc1,rc2...]-n-SNAPSHOT > >> Is there some short description on how to use the release-plugin to >> > accomplish that (just a code line and a sentence what it does)? >> > >> > http://people.apache.org/~jtolentino/maven-release-plugin/ >> > <http://people.apache.org/%7Ejtolentino/maven-release-plugin/> ( >> > ongoing review ) >> >> Great, thanks a lot! But actually there is a bug on that page I think: >> >> >> http://people.apache.org/~jtolentino/maven-release-plugin/examples/prepare-release.html >> >> >> It says that I have to tell the name version's name, while you say that >> it automatically increases the number (what I'd like to prefer). So who >> is right and whom to blame? > > > > Join the dev list and give your comment, i think there is a jira > associate > with that review. > > If you trust release plugin enought ( yeah i do ;-) ), there is a > batch mode > ( mvn -B ) that will > trigger the plugin to auto assign values. I would suggest you to > experiment > with this plugin > to get a hang of it. It works!! > >> basically, the release plugin validate your build, remove the >> > "SNAPSHOT" out of your pom, >> > tag your SCM, build and deploy the build ( your official release of >> > 1.-0-beta-5), and finally increament your version and put back the >> > SNAPSHOT string. ( ie 1.0-beta-6-SNAPSHOT ) >> > >> >> Thanks so much for your kind help! >> Maven is a great tool but the distributed documentation makes it hard to >> get started. >> >> Markus >> >> >> >
