OK, thanks for the answer. And what about the plugins-section in org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-metadata.xml? Deprecated as well?
Regards Mirko -- Sent from my phone http://illegalstateexception.blogspot.com http://github.com/mfriedenhagen/ https://bitbucket.org/mfriedenhagen/ On Jan 17, 2012 11:39 PM, "Stephen Connolly" < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> > 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: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
