How to use 5 digit version numbers with Maven ?

We need to use 5 digit version numbers going forward. Maven only handles 3 digit version numbers using the versions-maven-plugin. Is there a way to use 5 digits for project.version ? What we want to do is use 1.2.3.4.5-SNAPSHOT vs 1.2.3-SNAPSHOT and 1.2.3.4.5 vs 1.2.3 after the release.

RE: How to use 5 digit version numbers with Maven ?

Like many more advanced Maven scenarios, the documentation is sketchy at best. Here is an example version rules xml file http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/rule/2.0.0; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance;

Re: AW: How to manage dependency "includes"?

If you are using Eclipse with the m2e plug-ins (we use Eclipse/STS which comes with this), it will tell you what versions are being included as transitive dependencies. Our approach removed the decision about library versions from the developers and put it into the project manager's hand so

Re: How to use 5 digit version numbers with Maven ?

Is there documentation on the mercury scheme ? I tried following the link at http://www.mojohaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/version-rules.html, but that just gives me a "Page Not Found". cheers, mehul On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 7:27 AM, Robert Patrick wrote: >

Re: How to use 5 digit version numbers with Maven ?

Yes, you can use the Mercury version numbering scheme for artifacts having the 5 digit version number. Create a version rules XML file that specifies which artifacts use Mercury and which artifacts use Maven version schemes. Pass the file using the versions plugin's rulesUri or

Re: How to use 5 digit version numbers with Maven ?

Hi, On 1/7/16 1:08 PM, Mehul Sanghvi wrote: We need to use 5 digit version numbers going forward. Maven only handles 3 digit version numbers where is this documented ? which is simply not true. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVENOLD/Versioning Since Maven 3 you can use