Version numbering policies can be a bit crazy at times (see Version numbers and JSR277, or Oracle, with its Oracle Database 11g Release 2: 11.2.0.1.0. See also Software Versioning is Ridiculous). But you can start by looking at the Eclipse Version Number policy as a good start. If you really think you need more than … Read more
You can’t stop it getting out. So two solutions – stop people wanting to hurt you, and have legal precautions. To stop people hating you treat them right (saying more is probably off topic for stack overflow). I’m not a lawyer, but to give yourself legal protection, if you believe in it, patent the ideas, … Read more
Here’s some I know of. As to whether they are the most appropriate tool for a given language, form your own opinion. .Net: NMaven and dotnet-maven-plugin AspectJ: aspectj-maven-plugin (still Java I know but worth mentioning) c/c++: native-maven-plugin compile with compilers such as gcc, msvc, etc … Google Web Toolkit gwt-maven-plugin PHP: Maven for PHP Ruby: … Read more
This answer is the culmination of various other StackOverflow posts and tutorials around the internet brought into one place for my future reference, and to help anyone else who may be facing the same issue. All credit is given for other answers at the end. Duplicating an Xcode Project In the Finder, duplicate the project … Read more
Update 2019: These days, the question would be seen in a context using Git, and 10 years of using that distributed development workflow (collaborating mainly through GitHub) shows the general best practices: master is the branch ready to be deployed into production at any time: the next release, with a selected set of feature branches … Read more