Shapira, Yoav wrote:
Hi,
The x.x-dev is a placeholder in build.xml. The Release Manager adds
version=a.b.c to his/her build.properties when doing a release, thereby
overriding the placeholder x.x-dev value. This is a common convention
not just for Tomcat, but for almost every open source project I've
worked on ;)
Does something break if the version is non-numeric? A lot of projects also use the string "RC" or "alpha" or "beta" in the actual version name as well, although we don't do that for Tomcat.
Well, the RC, alpha, etc... are 'decorated' names. The actual version are generally some numbers.
It also breaks the installer too.
So I wanted that we adopt some kind of agreement that will stop breaking the build when ever the version gets changed.
Regards, MT.
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