[jira] Commented: (MNG-1050) [2.0,) should not select 3.0 and above by default

["Kenney Westerhof (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

    [ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-1050?page=comments#action_83259 ] 
            
Kenney Westerhof commented on MNG-1050:
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If you want 2.*, you should write [2, 3) (or [2.0, 3.0) ); I think this is perfectly legal.
If you want the latest version, whatever that is, you could use [0,)
Leaving the high-end limit out means unlimited, just as in the math notation, so I say leave it like this.

There's a discussion about versioning and a wiki page in the 2.1 design documents where we need to address this.
I think version ranges are flexible enough as is to support any scheme or any version range people want. If you were to limit
[2.0,) to [2.0,3.0),  how would you specify 2.0 or higher, even including 10.0?

Also, linux kernels use a different scheme, where 2.x.* is compatible with 2.(x+1).*, where odd-x'es are comparable to 'alpha'.
(so 2.5.10 is actually an alpha for 2.6.0).

I opt for close won't fix.

> [2.0,) should not select 3.0 and above by default
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>
>                 Key: MNG-1050
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-1050
>             Project: Maven 2
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Artifacts and Repositories
>            Reporter: Brett Porter
>             Fix For: 2.1
>
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> I think that we need to assume major versions are incompatible as it is easier to later state compatibility than fix it when broken.
> This might just be a default compatibility scheme, but a project can define its own (eg, compatible-since 2.1).

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