Version prefixes with maven release-plugin

Question

Can anyone tell me, if it's possible to add prefixes to the version number when using the maven release-plugin for version-management and releasing? Unfortunately I have no easy way to test it and since I couldn't find anything useful about this topic, I thought why not just ask the SO-community :)

(With prefixes I mean naming something my-service-V10.7.3 instead of my-service-10.7.3)

Answer 1

Basically you can name the released version anything you want (using the interactive mode or the releaseVersion property).

So your build job or whoever calls the release plugin can determine the release version number by itself and hand it to the maven job.

Automatically adding a prefix is not possible

I would, however, advise against using version prefixes. The violate conventions.

Try to go for established version schemes, if you really need to add anything, use 10.7.3.GA or something like that. This will also play nice with plugins and tools that determine which version is newer.