Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-harmony-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 40476 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2007 22:24:54 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 8 Mar 2007 22:24:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 11039 invoked by uid 500); 8 Mar 2007 22:24:59 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-harmony-dev-archive@harmony.apache.org Received: (qmail 11015 invoked by uid 500); 8 Mar 2007 22:24:59 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@harmony.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@harmony.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@harmony.apache.org Received: (qmail 11006 invoked by uid 99); 8 Mar 2007 22:24:59 -0000 Received: from herse.apache.org (HELO herse.apache.org) (140.211.11.133) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:24:59 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (herse.apache.org: domain of alex.blewitt@gmail.com designates 64.233.184.232 as permitted sender) Received: from [64.233.184.232] (HELO wr-out-0506.google.com) (64.233.184.232) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:24:48 -0800 Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 55so983996wri for ; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:24:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=W2bYx9v5q400S7UxV87hVLIw021HZhH95Pn/afYh3nc7e6/Si05rZ1uACiHSgrbKreSVjFiCsTGRzq1SSMLit548g69uAWcW1Y4D8x8l3KQu4gu7YsxOQNAZijMp/yzoWxrZx9YatGpgWbZ7LpSBq+q7HgiRKaynKMIq8ib7PLI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=k5JnufeY2QXZ4u8cp7hdVSvypc/hQoUmMY38aCmMUAP42SIYE4hCtDIs3DADFT3X1k5sixee6eza3BSaIxclDt/XFscAnVlINxH8VsEnRqXutsfHDzezCYiwIwvvQHi/NLEgJ2U6XaDPxLtMU0NvZ90yDTEEq9ejV4hvi0ledJE= Received: by 10.114.201.1 with SMTP id y1mr301137waf.1173392667207; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:24:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.115.78.10 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 14:24:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <636fd28e0703081424k7ab81e3co46c524f3d56fab03@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 14:24:27 -0800 From: "Alex Blewitt" To: dev@harmony.apache.org Subject: Re: [general] proposal : starting a release train In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <8EBB11B7-4056-4449-9798-CE9D0850DF9C@pobox.com> <38ADFC98-F826-4159-B9A3-D48A5B521459@pobox.com> <636fd28e0703080903p1867a069w9cab5d9e14f49dd0@mail.gmail.com> <2F550B04-4478-4C3C-841F-180B2AA950CB@pobox.com> <636fd28e0703081127g3ca135e7m5dd1e31d114be4d1@mail.gmail.com> <636fd28e0703081352t56d8271cj77105a57574d5769@mail.gmail.com> X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On 08/03/07, robert burrell donkin wrote: > > Please. Give me one system that can't handle a major/minor/qualifier > > version number. > > AIUI maven and ivy both think that 1.0M1 comes after 1.0 > > (this is also true of many users) That's not the same thing as can't handle. If 1.0M1 is considered > 1.0, then don't have 1.0, but rather 1.0Z or 1.0.0M1 and 1.0.1M1. OSGi bundles have exactly the same semantics as this and no-one's ever complained about that yet. Alex.