I would prefer to deprecate them in 2.x and definitively remove them in 3.x. It seems more logical.
Arnaud On Friday, September 4, 2009, Jason van Zyl <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it can be in the same vein as the no versions for plugins. Not a very > good idea and potentially harmful. > > We put it in, deprecate it over 3.0 and it becomes taboo in 3.1. If it's a > bad practice in the majority of cases then we eliminate it. Over the life of > 3.0 to 3.1 should be long enough. We can also start deprecating things like > this in the 2.x line. > > On 2009-09-04, at 4:49 PM, Brian Fox wrote: > > > I saw this on Benjamin's compat page yesterday and thought I'd throw > it up for discussion: > Non-unique Snapshot Deployments > > The setting <uniqueVersion>false</uniqueVersion> for a distribution > repository has no effect in version 3.x, snapshot artifacts will > always be deployed using a timestamped version. > > I personally am not a fan of this feature as I've seen it cause more > problems than it solves. It also harkens back to a time when > Repository Managers didn't exist and seems like a work around to > cleaning up old snapshots. So my life would be easier if this didn't > exist. > > That said, I know of at least one instance where this is required > (will send a separate thread about that because it's a flaw in Maven > that should be addressed separately). > > With the focus on 3.0 being a drop in for M2, this clearly would cause > some heartache for users. Does anyone feel strongly enough that this > should go back? (and is willing to write the new code for it?) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > Thanks, > > Jason > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Jason van Zyl > Founder, Apache Maven > http://twitter.com/jvanzyl > http://twitter.com/SonatypeNexus > http://twitter.com/SonatypeM2E > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Cheers, Arnaud # Arnaud Héritier # Software Factory Manager # eXo Platform # http://www.exoplatform.com # http://blog.aheritier.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
