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David M. Lloyd commented on MNG-7701: ------------------------------------- Assuming this is intentional, I don't think it is appropriate to change this behavior in a micro version. It's nearly impossible to accurately describe the Maven version scheme thanks to MNG-6964 and now MNG-7644. Also, I'm thinking about this comment: https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/930#issuecomment-1363838716 > Incompatible version sorting changes > ------------------------------------ > > Key: MNG-7701 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-7701 > Project: Maven > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Core > Affects Versions: 3.8.7, 3.9.0 > Reporter: David M. Lloyd > Priority: Major > > Between 3.8.6 and 3.8.7, the sorting of a variety of version strings has > changed. This table captures the observed relations: > ||Input 1||3.8.6||3.8.7||Input 2|| > |{{0.x}}|{{>}}|{{==}}|{{0-x}}| > |{{1.x}}|{{<}}|{{==}}|{{1-x}}| > |{{1.x}}|{{<}}|{{>}}|{{1_y}}| > |{{1.y}}|{{<}}|{{>}}|{{1_x}}| > |{{1-alpha}}|{{>}}|{{==}}|{{1.alpha}}| -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)