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

["Christian Schulte (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Christian Schulte commented on MNG-5517:
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I see no reason/benefit in changing anything about that syntax.

See [Interval (mathematics)|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(mathematics)] on why that syntax makes perfect sense.



> Supporting semver like syntax for <version> tag
> -----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MNG-5517
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-5517
>             Project: Maven
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Dependencies, FDPFC, POM
>            Reporter: Vijay Dharap
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: close-pending
>             Fix For: Issues to be reviewed for 4.x
>
>
> 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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