Hi, > >>Why do you want to do that? What do you want to achieve? > > > > > > the idea is to allow users to specify "partial" version numbers for > > dependencies (at least for internal dependencies). So "0.8" means > > download the artifact in version "0.8.x" with the highest > available x. > > The functionality should be similar to snapshots. If a new > version of > > the dependency appears, it should be used in future builds. > > Why don't you simlpy replace the 0.8 version within the repo > then and archive the minors (0.8.x, 0.8.y) elsewhere?
I tried a similar approach first: Version 0.8 was a symbolic link that was updated every time a new minor version was released. The problem with this approach is that if somebody already downloaded a 0.8 version he will not get future 0.8 versions as Maven won't download newer versions. Best regards, Harald Meyer --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
