[MNG-5517] Supporting semver like syntax for <version> tag

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: Dependencies, FDPFC, POM
• Labels: close-pending
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Vijay Dharap
• Created: 20/Sep/13 01:36
• Updated: 17/Oct/16 20:54
• Resolved: 17/Feb/16 11:05

Description

node js and its corresponding package manager - npm - follows semvar notation to depict the dependencies.

The supported syntax variations for version specification can be seen here. https://github.com/isaacs/node-semver#ranges

I find their syntax to be much more intuitive and subsequently user friendly than what is followed in current maven dependency <version> tag (http://books.sonatype.com/mvnref-book/reference/pom-relationships-sect-project-dependencies.html#pom-relationships-sect-version-ranges).

Hope we can make the pom xml little more user friendly by adapting similar version specification syntax.

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