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> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Deepal jayasinghe <deepalk@gmai...
> <mailto:deepalk@gmai...>> wrote:
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>     > Anyway, I was not around when module versioning was implemented,
>     and I
>     > strongly feel that trying to derive a version from an artifact is a
>     > "tried & failed" approach.
>     But most people use that approach (including you)
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> Yes, only in the case of module versions, since we do not have any
> other options.
I was not talking about Axis2 :)
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>     > Even Maven does not do that. Just take a look at the directory
>     > structure of a Maven repo. The folder structure reflects the
>     artifact
>     > version, even though you see a number in the artifact that looks
>     like
>     > a version number to a human being.
>     it is just data duplication. I am not in the favor of maven file
>     structure. And I am -1 on introducing such a thing into Axis2.
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> So what is your proposal for an artifact management system such as
> Maven? Derive the version from the artifact name? That approach does
> not scale.
I am not an expert on artifact version I can not make any proposal, but
I do see some data duplication in that approach. I think for Axis2, we
can have enough flexibility just having archive name to be anything, and
if you want then do the version using services.xml (as OSGi).