[jbosscache-dev] FW: [JBoss-dev] Version numbers in libraryfilenames - Bad

[Brian Stansberry]

Not directly, because JBC doesn't get its libs from the repository.  But, IMHO this kind of thing should be handled consistently across JBoss, so JBC probably should follow the standard.

jbosscache-dev-bounces at lists.jboss.org wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> I think this affects our decision to put version numbers in
> the library filenames, am I correct?
> 
> Galder Zamarreño
> Support Engineer
> JBoss, a division of Red Hat
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jboss-development-bounces at lists.jboss.org
> [mailto:jboss-development-bounces at lists.jboss.org] On Behalf
> Of Dimitris Andreadis
> Sent: 20 September 2006 13:37
> To: JBoss.org development list
> Cc: The Core
> Subject: [JBoss-dev] Version numbers in library filenames - Bad
> 
> I've seen a few cases where in repository.jboss.com the
> version number for a library is included in the library filename,
> 
> E.g.
> antlr-2.7.6.jar
> addressing-1.0.jar
> odmg-3.0.jar
> quartz-all-1.5.2.jar
> dtdparser121.jar
> commons-lang-2.1.jar
> myfaces-impl-1.1.3.jar
> 
> Even worse:
> Cglib/2.1.0/lib/cglib.jar, cglib-2.1.1.jar
> 
> This is wrong, because
> - whenever a library is updated we have to correct all
> explicit references to it
> - If you don't wipe your thirdparty on every update you may
> end up with
> 3 different versions of the same library and wonder for hours what's
> wrong. 
> 
> The version is encoded in the path and the library's
> META-INF/MANIFEST.MF, not the filename, e.g:
> 
> apache-logging/1.0.3/lib/commons-logging.jar
> 
> For existing libs the harm is already done, but for new
> library additions to repository.jboss.com, please have that
> in mind and remove any version number from the filenames.
> 
> Thanks
> /Dimitris
> 
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