2009/8/19 Ed Hillmann <[email protected]>: > Hi all. I'm in the middle of writing a new software application (using > Maven), which will eventually be released with some existing software > packages (that don't use Maven). Since I've started, I've use the standard > version numbering scheme for my applicaiton (at the moment, it's > 1.00-SNAPSHOT). However, as it's going to be released with an existing > package, I need to get the new app's version number to be the same as the > other components. > > The existing version number rule uses a four-part number: <Major > Version>.<Minor Version>.<Release Number>.<Build Number> > An example, 6.01.11.01, or 5.01.00.00 > > So, this won't work in the default Maven numbering scheme for versions. > I've come across the Versions Maven Plugin, and it indicates that a project > can define taht certain artifacts can use alternative numbering > schemes<http://mojo.codehaus.org/versions-maven-plugin/version-rules.html>. > This sounds like what I want to do: for my specific artifacts, use a > numbering scheme that includes an extra number before expecting the > qualifier. > > This page mentions the mercury scheme, and a numeric scheme. But I'm having > trouble finding any doco that states what those schemes are. Does anyone > know where this is? > > If these don't match, is it easy to provide our own scheme? We just want > the same scheme, but with a fourth number. :) >
The numbering scheme is only really important if you are using version ranges... If you are using version ranges, you really have to use Maven's scheme, or else ensure that String sorting works for your ranges. The versions-maven-plugin needs to know version numbering rules in order to decide whether versionA > versionB so it can tell you if there are newer versions available. The "mercury" and "numeric" schemes are both unbounded schemes, i.e. they can take as many digits as you can type... it is unlikely that you would want anything else. The main difference is between the two is that "mercury" has 'special' qualifiers and treats -'s as a lesser . while "numeric" only compares up to the first - as numbers, everything after the - is a qualifier (unless it is a number) and qualifiers are compared as strings. -Stephen > Thanks for any help, > Ed > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
