+1 2009/3/27 Todd Volkert <[email protected]>
> There is some disagreement among the PPMC members as to whether we > should include version numbers in our JAR files that we release, so > I'd like to call for a consensus vote: > > Please cast your vote: > [+1] include version numbers > [=0] don't care > [-1] don't include version numbers > > For some background, here are some links that discuss this issue: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/119426/jar-file-naming-conventions > - advocates embedding the version number > > > http://javahowto.blogspot.com/2006/05/java-jar-file-naming-conventions-and.html > - advocates embedding the version number unless the JAR is distributed > in a larger deliverable > > http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/wasce/V2.1.0/en/adding-java-libraries.html > - advocates using a directory structure to partition JARs > > ** note that .NET does not embed version numbers in the file name. > > Thanks! > -T >
