[jira] (MNG-5517) Supporting semver like syntax for tag

["Vijay Dharap (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

Vijay Dharap created MNG-5517:
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             Summary: Supporting semver like syntax for <version> tag
                 Key: MNG-5517
                 URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5517
             Project: Maven 2 & 3
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Dependencies, POM
            Reporter: Vijay Dharap
            Priority: Minor


node js and its corresponding package manager - npm - follows semvar notation to depict the dependencies.

The supported syntax variations for version specification can be seen here. https://github.com/isaacs/node-semver#ranges

I find their syntax to be much more intuitive and subsequently user friendly than what is followed in current maven dependency <version> tag (http://books.sonatype.com/mvnref-book/reference/pom-relationships-sect-project-dependencies.html#pom-relationships-sect-version-ranges).

Hope we can make the pom xml little more user friendly by adapting similar version specification syntax.

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