Re: Naming scheme

Tim wrote:

> Hi specificallyylyI am not pleased with the current naming scheme of the
tasklist module.
> There are 2 things I don't like:
> - Version numbers like 1.25.51136 look very strange and do not express
> the real progress of a module
> - Module's version may change although the module itself did not (if the
> core changes)
> 
> Why not use something like this (">" is important here):
> 
> OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: @tl.usertasks.spec@
> OpenIDE-Module-Implementation-Version: @DATE@
> OpenIDE-Module-Module-Dependencies: org.netbeans.modules.tasklist.core/2
>  > @tl.core.spec@
> 
> Wouldn't this be enough to satisfy all our needs?

There are restrictions on specification version (">")
dependencies usage in NetBeans modules. Well, problem
is not bound to NB modules specifically but to backward
comparability. With specification version deps. one cannot
make any backward incompatible changes. And backward
compatability is a strict requirement for NB modules.

  Cc.