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Posted to java-dev@axis.apache.org by "Springer, Ian P." <ia...@hp.com> on 2004/11/23 22:31:14 UTC

jar filename versioning

It looks like many (most?) Apache Java projects are now versioning jar
filenames (i.e. blah-2.1.jar vs. blah.jar). Axis is still using
unversioned jar filenames. Is there a reason for not switching to
versioned filenames? IMO, jars w/ versioned filenames are much less
error-prone for the projects utilizing those jars. As a side benefit,
versioning jar filenames also eliminates the need to rename the jars
before publishing them to a Maven-style jar repository. Any thoughts?

Ian

Re: jar filename versioning

Posted by Davanum Srinivas <da...@gmail.com>.

Post 1.2Final? Please add a new JIRA entry. For 1.2 Final, it's Glen's
call as the release manager.

thanks,
dims


On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:31:14 -0500, Springer, Ian P.
<ia...@hp.com> wrote:
> It looks like many (most?) Apache Java projects are now versioning jar
> filenames (i.e. blah-2.1.jar vs. blah.jar). Axis is still using
> unversioned jar filenames. Is there a reason for not switching to
> versioned filenames? IMO, jars w/ versioned filenames are much less
> error-prone for the projects utilizing those jars. As a side benefit,
> versioning jar filenames also eliminates the need to rename the jars
> before publishing them to a Maven-style jar repository. Any thoughts?
> 
> Ian
> 
> 


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