I think the original reason the logic is how it is was because just "SNAPSHOT" (with no leading version) was valid, but that behaviour has long been (unofficially) deprecated.
On 11/12/2010, at 4:18 AM, Benjamin Bentmann wrote: > Hi, > > as part of MNG-4893 [0] an inconsistency in the way a version string is > treated as a snapshot or release was detected. In short, the issue is about > what suffix exactly marks a snapshot version. > > The current intention is to revise the logic such that the suffix "-SNAPSHOT" > (note the leading hyphen) and not just "SNAPSHOT" is required to denote a > snapshot. > > This mail is meant as a heads up for users that unintentionally use irregular > SNAPSHOT versioning and allow them to adjust their builds. If changing the > builds to use "-SNAPSHOT" isn't possible, we would like to hear the technical > reasons for this. > > Thanks > > > Benjamin > > > [0] http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-4893 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > -- Brett Porter br...@apache.org http://brettporter.wordpress.com/ http://au.linkedin.com/in/brettporter --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
