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why maven3 forbids RELEASE but allows [0,)?

Well RELEASE and [0,) seems same to me.

If RELEASE is not safe, then [0,) is not safe too.

So what is the actual reason for deleating RELEASE?

Solution

  • Newer Maven versions try to encourage you to only use fixed versions (except for SNAPSHOT). While RELEASE was actually forbidden, version ranges are just considered bad practise.

    I would not be surprised if they were removed from some future versions of Maven.