1. Both of these tags are deprecated because they are a load of crap and useless.
2. Here is what they mean: LATEST => The most recently deployed version RELEASE => The most recently deployed non -SNAPSHOT version Crappy aren't they! 3. Versions-maven-plugin does not pay any heed to those two tags 4. Maven 3.x does not pay any heed to those tags 5. They were meant for <plugin>s only not regular dependencies. -Stephen On 17 January 2012 22:31, Mirko Friedenhagen <mfriedenha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > what is the difference between these two tags? > > Say I deploy two versions 1.1 and 1.2 in this order. What should I expect > for release and latest? My expectation would be to see 1.2 for both. > > Say I deploy 1.2 and later on 1.1. Now my expectation would be 1.2 for > latest and 1.1 for release. > > Do plugins like the versions-maven-plugin or requests for LATEST in e.g. > Nexus read this information or do they use the "natural" order (1.2 > 1.1) > for getting latest? > > Could someone please shed a light :-D . > > Regards Mirko > -- > Sent from my phone > http://illegalstateexception.blogspot.com > http://github.com/mfriedenhagen/ > https://bitbucket.org/mfriedenhagen/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
