[REQUEST] Automatically append version number to JAR releases

[barbeau]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When downloading a release like https://github.com/MobilityData/gtfs-validator/releases/tag/v1.0.0, it's not clear after download which version I downloaded. It's easy to mix up different versions of the file because they all have the same file name - gtfs-validator.jar.

Describe the solution you'd like
Automatically append the version number to the end of the JAR file name to make it clearer which version a particular JAR file is.

So, the new release file name for v1.0.0 would be:

gtfs-validator-v1.0.0.jar

I've done this before using Gradle on Android projects, like https://github.com/OneBusAway/onebusaway-android/blob/master/onebusaway-android/build.gradle#L346:

        android.applicationVariants.all { variant ->
            if (variant.buildType.name == "release") {
                variant.outputs.all { output ->
                    outputFileName = "${variant.name}-v${variant.versionName}.apk"
                }
            }
        }

But I've never configured this on a desktop Java Gradle project before.

I know normally on a Maven project when you do a release it automatically appends the version number to the file name.

Describe alternatives you've considered
No action - leave the release file name as-is

Additional context
None