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Brian Topping commented on MNG-3092: ------------------------------------ http://www.infoq.com/news/2012/04/osgi-snapshot and it's comments are a very lively recent (mid-2012) discussion that is worth reading in the context of Maven versions and OSGi. > Version ranges with non-snapshot bounds can contain snapshot versions > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-3092 > URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-3092 > Project: Maven 2 & 3 > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Dependencies > Reporter: Mark Hobson > Attachments: MNG-3092.patch > > > Contrary to the 2.0 design docs: > "Resolution of dependency ranges should not resolve to a snapshot > (development version) unless it is included as an explicit boundary." > -- from > http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVEN/Dependency+Mediation+and+Conflict+Resolution#DependencyMediationandConflictResolution-Incorporating%7B%7BSNAPSHOT%7D%7Dversionsintothespecification > The following is equates to true: > VersionRange.createFromVersionSpec( "[1.0,1.1]" ).containsVersion( new > DefaultArtifactVersion( "1.1-SNAPSHOT" ) ) > The attached patch only allows snapshot versions to be contained in a range > if they are equal to one of the boundaries. Note that this is a strict > equality, so [1.0,1.2-SNAPSHOT] will not contain 1.1-SNAPSHOT. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira