[MNG-5114] Handling unrecognized version qualifiers

• Type: Test
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.3
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.4
• Component/s: Dependencies
• Assignee: Paul Gier
• Reporter: Paul Gier
• Created: 07/Jun/11 15:14
• Updated: 07/Jun/11 15:28
• Resolved: 07/Jun/11 15:28

Description

Maven 3 treats unrecognized version qualifiers as patch releases, which means they are sorted after the GA release. So the ordering is like this:
1.0-alpha-1
1.0
1.0-xyz
1.0-xyz-2

Unit tests should be added to verify the current behaviour.
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