Ordering of versions

[cowwoc]

mark.reinhold wrote:
> 
> Support such semantics, sure, but I'm not sure it should prescribe them.
> OSGi and Maven have established some useful and widely-used conventions
> around version semantics but I've seen developers and customers use all
> sorts of other wild and woolly version schemes over the years.  I'm not
> convinced that a standard Java module system should require people to
> abandon such schemes, unless they're just really totally broken.
> 

Mark,

If at all possible, please consider allowing users to specify a
Comparator<Version> (or Comparator<String> depending on your taste) on a
per-module basis. This would allow users to use any versioning scheme they
see fit.

Gili

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