[jira] (MNG-3092) resolution of version ranges with non-snapshot bounds can resolve to a snapshot version

["Jon Harper (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

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Jon Harper commented on MNG-3092:
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Hi,
I'm new to this discussion. A first objective is to get the documentation to match the implementation.

The link (http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVEN/Dependency+Mediation+and+Conflict+Resolution) in the original description of this issue seems to be the only documentation of version ranges. But it is *not* documentation, it's a design document. People are turning to it because the real documentation is missing. I think that if we fix the real documentation, it will prevent more confusion.

So I think we need to add documentation to  "http://maven.apache.org/pom.html". Right now, it has a section on dependencies stating:
{quote}
groupId, artifactId, version:
These elements are self-explanatory
{quote}
*I think this is the root of all the _pain_ and _frustration_ in this thread*. It's incredibly frustrating and upsetting that this huge issue was being dismissed as "self-explanatory" in the docs the whole time.

I would be willing to spend time to work and collaborate on improving the documentation.
Does anyone know who can be contacted to change http://maven.apache.org/pom.html ?

> resolution of version ranges with non-snapshot bounds can resolve to a snapshot version
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MNG-3092
>                 URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-3092
>             Project: Maven
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Dependencies
>            Reporter: Mark Hobson
>            Assignee: Jason van Zyl
>             Fix For: 3.2.x
>
>         Attachments: MNG-3092.patch, MNG-3092.patch
>
>
> Contrary to the 2.0 design docs:
> "Resolution of dependency ranges should not resolve to a snapshot (development version) unless it is included as an explicit boundary."
> -- from http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVEN/Dependency+Mediation+and+Conflict+Resolution#DependencyMediationandConflictResolution-Incorporating%7B%7BSNAPSHOT%7D%7Dversionsintothespecification
> The following is equates to true:
> VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec( "[1.0,1.1]" ).containsVersion( new DefaultArtifactVersion( "1.1-SNAPSHOT" ) )
> The attached patch only allows snapshot versions to be contained in a range if they are equal to one of the boundaries.  Note that this is a strict equality, so [1.0,1.2-SNAPSHOT] will not contain 1.1-SNAPSHOT.



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