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Barry Hawkins wrote:
> I can think of a couple of reasons why numbered versions
> of .jar files are used:
>
> 1.) Java(TM) libraries have a notorious tendency
> (not unlike other languages) to not preserve
> backward compatibility between sign
On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 02:36:54PM +0200, Stefan Gybas wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> >I have long wondered what the purpose of including the version number in
> >the installed name of a jar was.
>
> I don't see one and still think they are a bad idea, as stated in
> http://lists.debian.o
Peter Eisentraut wrote:
I have long wondered what the purpose of including the version number in
the installed name of a jar was.
I don't see one and still think they are a bad idea, as stated in
http://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2003/07/msg00086.html
Most people disagreed at that time an
I have long wondered what the purpose of including the version number in
the installed name of a jar was. I still see this requirement in the
new policy draft. If this is to support installing multiple versions,
then you obviously need a lot more framework like alternatives or
Replaces in the
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