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+###########################################################
+# Versioning variables
+# Note that these variables cannot be structured (e.g. : version.release or version.snapshot etc... )
+# because they are used in Jenkins, whose plug-in doesn't support
+
+major=1
+minor=0
+patch=0
+
+base_version=${major}.${minor}.${patch}
+
+release_version=${base_version}
+snapshot_version=${base_version}-SNAPSHOT