Difference between version of 3.7 and [3.7]?

[Ralf Zahn <Ra...@ARS.de>]

Hi,

I want to declare a dependency with a fixed version number, and I got a 
question.

What is the difference between
<version>3.7</version>
and
<version>[3.7]</version>
when declaring a dependency to e.g. JUnit?

I have read, that the first definition is just a recommendation (see 
http://maven.apache.org/enforcer/enforcer-rules/versionRanges.html), but 
the runtime can interpret it as a minimum version. I tried this and got an 
error from the runtime when the version cannot be resolved. So this would 
mean that both options will do the same?

Thanks,
Ralf Zahn

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