Well, all builds are fixed. Thus all builds are snapshots, including released builds. There is nothing intrinsic in the definition of the word snapshot which indicates that it is meant for developers only.
I am sure you are used to it by now, but I have little doubt that this is a source of confusion to new users of maven. --- Todd Thiessen -----Original Message----- From: David Delbecq [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:17 AM To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: specifying "latest" for a dependency En l'instant précis du 19/11/08 17:01, Todd Thiessen s'exprimait en ces termes: > > I think my biggest confusion was the naming convension here. The term > "SNAPSHOT" typically means a fixed state of something at a particular > point in time. However, in Maven it isn't fixed at all. It is in > constant flux. A better name for SNAPSHOT would of been something like > LATEST-DEV. > > I see no confusion. More over, snapshot are fixed. What you did not fix however, in your pom it which snapshot to use, so maven choose to download the latest snapshot. SNAPSHOT is a good term for an automated daily build. LATEST-DEV would be more, to me, like asking maven to connect to version control an do a build from it. Example of using a fixed snapshot: <version>1.0-beta-3-20080505.072643-6</version> This will fix dependency to that explicit snapshot made on 05/05/2008 of 1.0-beta3 while <version>1.0-beta3-SNAPSHOT</version> will point always to latest snapshot of 1.0-beta3 -- David Delbecq ICT Institut Royal Météorologique Ext:557 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
