+1 to 1.6.0 as the common number for Axis2, Rampart and Sandesha (as well as
underlying components).

Sanjiva.

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 2:13 AM, Andreas Veithen
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Until 1.5.1, Axis2 actually didn't support 3 digit version numbers
> (that's why the MARs in 1.4.1 had version number 1.41). There are
> actually two reasons why one would use 1.6.0:
>
> - In the past, some people have argued that using 3 digit Maven
> versions numbers makes the OSGi stuff easier (because that's the
> convention in OSGi). I'm not exactly sure about that because the
> bundle plugin is smart enough to add zeros where necessary, but having
> the same version numbers in OSGi and Maven may still be a valid goal.
>
> - Some people would like to synchronize the release cycles of the
> different subprojects. Although there is no clear consensus about how
> this should be done (simultaneous releases, an additional release of a
> distribution that bundles Axis2, Rampart, Sandesha2 and the
> transports, or merging the projects into a single build), the minimum
> requirement would be to synchronize at least the major version
> numbers. For Rampart there is no issue because the next version number
> would be 1.6(.0) anyway. However, for Sandesha2 and Axis2 transports,
> this would mean that we have to skip a couple of version numbers. By
> changing the convention and using 1.6.0 for all four releases, we make
> it clearer that there is a discontinuity in our versioning scheme.
>
> Therefore, my proposal is to keep 1.6.0 for Axis2, change the version
> numbers on the Rampart release branch and use 1.6.0 also for Sandesha2
> and Axis2 transports.
>
> Andreas
>
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 10:23, Ruwan Linton <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > To be frank, I didn't check for the convention that the axis2 has been
> > using.
> >
> > Since we normally have releases of 3 decimal points, I though keeping the
> 3
> > decimal behaviour for all the releases would be good. For example, we do
> not
> > call the 1.0 just 1 as we expect to go for a 1.x releases, in the same
> > manner I thought it is good to call it 1.6.0. Anyway I am completely fine
> > with 1.6 as well.
> >
> > Do you want me to change it to 1.6?
> >
> > Ruwan
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Andreas Veithen <
> [email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Just a quick question. What is the reason for using 1.6.0 as a version
> >> number instead of 1.6? That doesn't follow the conventions the Axis2
> >> project has used in the past.
> >>
> >> Andreas
> >>
> >> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 09:07, Ruwan Linton <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Folks,
> >> >
> >> > I am planning to proceed for the axis2 1.6 release from the 1.6
> branch.
> >> > I
> >> > hope there are no more changes to be done for the 1.6.0 release
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Ruwan
> >> >
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