[jira] [Created] (MNG-6064) Add "dev" string item into ComparableVersion

["Hui Wang (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Hui Wang created MNG-6064:
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             Summary: Add "dev" string item into ComparableVersion
                 Key: MNG-6064
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6064
             Project: Maven
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Artifacts and Repositories
    Affects Versions: 3.3.9
         Environment: Any operating Systems
            Reporter: Hui Wang
            Priority: Blocker
             Fix For: 3.3.9


We're using a popular Gradle plugin "gradle-git" ( from Andrew Oberstar ) to implement Semantic Versioning with Continuous Deployment. There's a strategy supported by gradle-git that defines a "dev" stage when we have something uncommitted on a developer branch, which is very useful. Some examples to demonstrate the "dev" scenario can be found here: https://github.com/ajoberstar/gradle-git/wiki/Release%20Plugins#how-do-i-use-the-opinion-plugin

However, current version of  org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.ComparableVersion does not support "dev" stage since there's no item "dev" in the field _QUALIFIERS of nested class StringItem. And since this is a private static final field, it is not able to be overwritten by inheritance. Can we add the "dev" item into _QUALIFIERS ? 



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