however 2.0 and 2.0.0 are both parseable versions. 2009/6/14 B Smith-Mannschott <[email protected]>: > On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 22:56, Jim Sellers<[email protected]> wrote: >> I assume that maven treats them as Strings internally, not doubles. >> >> Just like version 3.0-RC1 and 1.0.3-beta3 are valid versions. >> > > Doubles!? How would you make a double out of 2.0.0? Nonsensical. > > http://www.sonatype.com/books/maven-book/reference/pom-relationships-sect-pom-syntax.html > > Maven version numbers generally have this form: > > <major version>.<minor version>.<incremental version>-<qualifier> > > The version parts are treated as integers. Missing numeric parts are > considered zero. The qualifier is compared as a string. Any version > not following this syntax is treated purely as a string. > > I don't recall if unparseable versions always sort before or always > after parseable version numbers. It's been a while since I read the > code that actually takes care of this. It made me throw up a little > inside. > > // ben > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
--------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
