[MRELEASE-623] unexpected mvn release:prepare behavior for project with <version>2.2-SNAPshot</version>

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.3
• Component/s: prepare
• Environment: Windows XP; C:\>java -version; java version "1.6.0_21"; Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_21-b07); Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 17.0-b17, mixed mode, sharing)
• Assignee: Robert Scholte
• Reporter: ionuion
• Created: 30/Nov/10 08:59
• Updated: 02/Mar/12 15:18
• Resolved: 02/Mar/12 15:18

Description

While running mvn release:prepare on a project with
<version>2.2-SNAPSHOT</version> the goal executes successfully, as expected.

On a project with
<version>2.2</version> the goal fails as expected, because it's not a snapshot.

However, on a project with
<version>...-SNAPshot</version> the goal doesn't fail, i.e. the project is considered a snapshot.

In interactive mode the proposed defaults are:

Actual results:

release version: 2.2-SNAPshot
SCM release tag or label: myproject-2.2-SNAPshot
new development version: myproject-2.2-SNAPshot-SNAPSHOT

Conclusion: the version label is not treated as that of a snapshot project

Expected results:
Either:
a) if SNAPSHOT is not in upper-case the goal treats the project as a release, therefore fails.
b) the proposed defaults becom:
release version: 2.2
SCM release tag or label: myproject-2.2
new development version: myproject-2.2-SNAPSHOT