title: Meaning of "SNAPSHOT" version in Maven pom.xml
body: <p>While working on multiple projects I come cross a lot of cases in which the version number has a <em>-SNAPSHOT</em> suffix. For example</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;version&gt;1.0.0-SNAPSHOT&lt;/version&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why is this naming used? Couldn't people just use a different version number? What exactly hides behind the meaning of the snapshot suffix?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>