Why don't you test the snapshots ? You can configure a cron to deploy nightly-buils, and SNAPSHOTS to have a unique timestamp number. You can also configure the cron to tag if required, or (simplier IMHO) to include the SVN revision in MANIFEST files.
Nicolas 2008/7/17 Stephen Duncan Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:40 AM, nicolas de loof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > For comparable use case I use the release:stage goal (in place of > > release:perform) to create the release but not remove the "rolback" > files. > > I > > can then create a 1.0 release to get tested, and return to 1.0-SNAPSHOT > if > > some issues are found. I just have to rename the tag from 1.0 to 1.0-rcX > > (or > > delete it). > > > > Nicolas > > > > I think our usage is a bit different. These beta builds are used on a test > environment for multi-day testing. And for some, I even know there will be > changes before a final release; I just want versioned & tagged releases to > report bugs against for the functionality that is completed now, even > though > I know, perhaps, that some more issues are being worked on before the final > release. > > -- > Stephen Duncan Jr > www.stephenduncanjr.com >