[MRELEASE-398] release:prepare: endlessly asking for the next development version on a multi-module project when not entering the expected value

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: 2.0-beta-8
• Component/s: prepare
• Environment: Maven 2.0.9; Windows XP SP3; JDK 1.6.0_11
• Flags: Patch
• Assignee: Robert Scholte
• Reporter: Thorsten Scherler
• Created: 12/Dec/08 05:24
• Updated: 05/Apr/15 14:53
• Resolved: 19/Dec/12 16:34

Description

I'm working on a multi-module project that has dependencies to other modules which were released recently. When trying to release my project, release:prepare doesn't stop asking me for a dependency's next development version as long as I'm entering a version string that doesn't equal the expected one:

(...)
[INFO] Checking dependencies and plugins for snapshots ...
There are still some remaining snapshot dependencies.: Do you want to resolve them now? (yes/no) no: : yes
Dependency type to resolve,: specify the selection number ( 0:All 1:Project Dependencies 2:Plugins 3:Reports 4:Extensions ): (0/1/2/3) 1: : 
Resolve Project Dependency Snapshots.: 'de.ukv.verbund.base:verbund-base' set to release? (yes/no) yes: : 
What is the next development version? (1.2-SNAPSHOT) 1.2-SNAPSHOT: : 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT

What is the next development version? (1.2-SNAPSHOT) 1.2-SNAPSHOT: : 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT

What is the next development version? (1.2-SNAPSHOT) 1.2-SNAPSHOT: : 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT

What is the next development version? (1.2-SNAPSHOT) 1.2-SNAPSHOT: : 1.2.0-SNAPSHOT

What is the next development version? (1.2-SNAPSHOT) 1.2-SNAPSHOT: : 
'de.ukv.verbund.form:verbund-form' set to release? (yes/no) yes: : 
(...)

(see also bugs MRELEASE-158 and MRELEASE-269)

The solution for that behaviour is quite easy; see attached patch.

Note: I've seen this only when the release plugin asks for new versions of snapshot dependencies, not when asking for the new version of the project itself.

Issue Links

• relates to: MRELEASE-511 release:prepare "Error parsing version, cannot determine next version: Unable to parse the version string" when running in batch mode.