On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 11:36 PM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't understand what's wrong with semantic versioning and keeping > the same maven coordinates. No sane person should be using RELEASE or > LATEST.
The real problem is, IMO, not the versioning scheme, but the fact, that most application servers, etc. are shipping a lot of commons stuff. Or, in other words: You rarely know precisely, which version of commons Foo you are going to use. Or, to put it different: "Jar hell". -- The next time you hear: "Don't reinvent the wheel!" http://www.keystonedevelopment.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/evolution-of-the-wheel-300x85.jpg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org