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oibe
oibe

Reputation: 1067

Java Jar Release Naming Conventions

What are all the standard naming conventions for Java Releases?

For example I frequently see suffixes like the following

5.0.0-RC1

5.0.0-M4

In this case I know RC1 stands for "release candidate 1", but I don't know what M4 stands for. So what are all the popular suffixes, what do they literal stand for, and when should they be used?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 850

Answers (1)

Mureinik
Mureinik

Reputation: 311468

M usually stands for "Milestone". A JAR can typically have several milestones before a Release Candidate (rc, as you noted) is reached, and then you can have several of those too. Under this naming convention that actual release will usually be suffixed with -GA (General Availability).

Upvotes: 2

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