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Posted to users@maven.apache.org by "Steppan, Bernhard" <be...@navteq.com> on 2010/03/04 14:41:51 UTC
4-Digit (plus qualifier) Versioning Scheme
Since our product management has introduced a product prefix we're searching for a solution for a 4-digit (plus qualifier) versioning scheme (<product>.<major>.<minor>.<patch>-qualifier). Unfortunately we recognized that Maven does not support this enhanced scheme very well:
-When comparing a 4-digit version number with a 3-digit version number, the 3-digit number is always newer, e.g.: 0.1.0 > 6.0.1.1
-When comparing 4-digit version numbers, Maven does a string comparison (as the versions are treated as qualifiers): the 4th "digit" is not compared correctly<http://www.mail-archive.com/users@maven.apache.org/msg87751.html>, e.g. 6.1.0.3 > 6.1.0.15
=> Version ranges do not work correctly :(
=> Any plug-ins that are sorting versions do not work correctly (we are not sure which plug-ins are affected, if any) :(
=> However, using RELEASE version (will use the latest released version) seems to work correctly :) (maybe this one uses a different interpretation of "latest"?)
Is the support of the four-digit + qualifier scheme planned to be realized?
-Bernhard
Re: 4-Digit (plus qualifier) Versioning Scheme
Posted by Stephen Connolly <st...@gmail.com>.
Take a look at versions-maven-plugin....
http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/version-rules.html
Might help you out (our product management requires 5 digit version numbers)
;-)
-Stephen
On 4 March 2010 13:41, Steppan, Bernhard <be...@navteq.com>wrote:
> Since our product management has introduced a product prefix we're
> searching for a solution for a 4-digit (plus qualifier) versioning scheme
> (<product>.<major>.<minor>.<patch>-qualifier). Unfortunately we recognized
> that Maven does not support this enhanced scheme very well:
>
> -When comparing a 4-digit version number with a 3-digit version number, the
> 3-digit number is always newer, e.g.: 0.1.0 > 6.0.1.1
> -When comparing 4-digit version numbers, Maven does a string comparison (as
> the versions are treated as qualifiers): the 4th "digit" is not compared
> correctly<http://www.mail-archive.com/users@maven.apache.org/msg87751.html>,
> e.g. 6.1.0.3 > 6.1.0.15
> => Version ranges do not work correctly :(
> => Any plug-ins that are sorting versions do not work correctly (we are not
> sure which plug-ins are affected, if any) :(
> => However, using RELEASE version (will use the latest released version)
> seems to work correctly :) (maybe this one uses a different interpretation
> of "latest"?)
>
> Is the support of the four-digit + qualifier scheme planned to be realized?
>
> -Bernhard
>