Should java .jar-filenames include the version?

[Hartmut Goebel]

Hi,

as I'm going to release patches for some java packages, I'd like to get consent on one point:

Should java .jar-filenames include the version?

This only effects those .jar for which there is no build.xml (or equivalent) is present and thus #:jar-file is to be specified.

The jar-files currently packaged do not include the version, but most .jar-files build using a build.xml or maven .pom seam to include it. OTOH, the version is already in the prefix, thus it is redundant.

What do you think?

(I personally do not care much, I just want to avoid duplicate work.)

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