Invalid version errors for non-"recommended" projects

I am running into this as well. In particular, it happens with nodequeue, and strangely, when I add a patch to apply to CCK. If I remove nodequeue, the error message for CCK doesn't even show the version in my make file.

api = 2
core = 7.x
projects[drupal][type] = core
projects[drupal][version] =  7.0-beta2
projects[drupal][patch][] = "http://drupal.org/files/issues/893880-hotfix.patch"
projects[drupal][patch][] = "http://drupal.org/files/issues/893880-field_dependency.patch"

projects[mollom] = 1.x-dev
projects[pathauto] = 1.x-dev
projects[token] = 1.x-dev
;projects[views] = 3.x-dev
;projects[views_bulk_operations] = 3.x-dev
projects[xmlsitemap] = 2.x-dev

; Releases in development
projects[field_group][type] = module
projects[field_group][download][type] = git
projects[field_group][download][url] = git://git.drupalcode.org/project/field_group.git

projects[link] = 1.x-dev
projects[nodequeue] = 2.x-dev
projects[codefilter] = 1.x-dev
projects[cck] = 2.x-dev
projects[cck][patch][] = "http://drupal.org/files/issues/870444-fatal-error.patch"

This results in:

Project information for drupal retrieved.                                                                                 [ok]
Project information for mollom retrieved.                                                                                 [ok]
Project information for pathauto retrieved.                                                                               [ok]
Project information for token retrieved.                                                                                  [ok]
Project information for xmlsitemap retrieved.                                                                             [ok]
Project information for link retrieved.                                                                                   [ok]
Project information for nodequeue retrieved.                                                                              [ok]
Invalid version 2.x-dev for nodequeue.                                                                                    [error]
PHP Fatal error:  Class 'DrushMakeProject_' not found in /opt/local/var/aegir/.drush/drush_make/drush_make.drush.inc on line 142

Fatal error: Class 'DrushMakeProject_' not found in /opt/local/var/aegir/.drush/drush_make/drush_make.drush.inc on line 142
Drush command could not be completed.

Here's part of the problem - check out $releases from nodequeue. Looks like it's somehow creating 2.2-dev instead of 2.x-dev:

Array
(
    [2.2-dev] => Array
        (
            [file] => http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/nodequeue-7.x-2.x-dev.tar.gz
            [md5] => c175ab7ff781ba9bcdd76a9bb973e464
            [version] => 7.x-2.x-dev
            [major] => 2
            [patch] => 2
            [extra] => dev
        )

)

I believe this is a problem with updates.drupal.org, and have filed #957840: version_patch is being defined for dev releases.

ugh, seems link i get this problem with l10n_update in 6.x tree

this will be solved at #957840: version_patch is being defined for dev releases

Note that the error message can result when there is no recommended_major value specified.

To see if this is the issue, visit the project's page and look for a recommended release in the version youi're working with, or else look at the XML for the particular project. E.g., currently, boxes has no recommended release for D7, http://updates.drupal.org/release-history/boxes/7.x

<api_version>7.x</api_version>
<supported_majors>1</supported_majors>
<default_major>1</default_major>
<project_status>published</project_status>

Compare to views, which does, http://updates.drupal.org/release-history/views/7.x

<api_version>7.x</api_version>
<recommended_major>3</recommended_major>
<supported_majors>3</supported_majors>
<default_major>3</default_major>
<project_status>published</project_status>

Same problem with marinelli theme. It doesn't currently have a recommended release for 6.x so I'm getting the same reported behavior with a drupal 6.x make file that includes marinelli project.

I'm not sure if this particular issue will be fixed by #957840: version_patch is being defined for dev releases... sorry if I am wrong but...

This is happening across the board, I can confirm nedjo's experience, it is because of the "recommended" flag on modules.

I am, sadly, trying to use make for an old 5.x site and it works, except for the modules that started dropping that flag from longstanding 5.x versions, like views, webform, votingapi, and some other critical modules.

I tried to include the specific version of each of those modules, to no avail. If its not marked "recommended" by a maintainer, it will not download, unless you add the CVS info for each project. Since I am trying to keep a clean build.make file generated from the site itself, changing all of those to CVS would be a pain. including the versions for just the modules that needs them worked for generating, but not for building the site.

Funny part is... drush dl still works fine for those modules when you specify the version. I would think it would be best to use the same behavior here?

Shouldn't drush_make force download if a specific version is added to a project? Either that or a "ignore-non-recommended-versions" option would be nice. I'm too swamped to worry about this much now, but it seems like it would be a permanent problem if drush make depends on maintainers keeping the versions of modules used by devs set as "recommended" ...

same problem when trying to pull in dev 2.x of Exportables.

both;

projects[exportables] = 6.x-2.x-dev

and

projects[exportables][version] = 6.x-2.x-dev

fail.

trying to use the above recommended cvs method fails with the revision as either DRUPAL-6--2.x, DRUPAL-6--2, or DRUPAL-6.x--2.x gives "Unable to download exportables from unspecified module."

then i tried the "get" method with the url of the tar.gz and it worked fine.

@lsolesen; you're correct, my bad, thank you :)

fixed