> Why do you want to parse strings which describe versions? So one can look at a repository of artefacts and select the "best" for the user automatically. Each user has a different view of "best", some want latest (nightly/snapshot), some want latest "release" only.
Having a repository with automated tools that require humans to understand the contents kinda breaks the automation... > If you want to impose on anyone how they should version their artifacts? > There is zero % of chance for that. No, but by being flexible to a given set of versioning schemes on can. Like I said, we are picking up most of Maven's repository w/o imposing anything, and it also works for other common version standards. regards Adam
