Ordering of versions

[Peter Kriens]

Gili,
Can you explain how this would work when my modules use a different scheme than yours?

Kind regards,

	Peter Kriens

On 13 nov. 2011, at 04:59, cowwoc wrote:

> 
> 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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