Re: Regression in 1.10.16

Jaikiran Pai <[email protected]> Fri, 3 Apr 2026 13:46:10 +0530
Newsgroups gmane.comp.jakarta.ant.devel
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On 03/04/26 1:06 pm, Stefan Bodewig wrote:
> Hi all
>
> the eclipse folks have found an issue in 1.10.16, loading JavaEnvUtils
> before loading FileUtils fails because there is a cycle of static
> dependencies between the classes on Windows now.
>
> https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=69992
>
> I've got a patch and test ready that I'm going to commit once the full
> test suite has completed on my machine.
>
>  From there I propose to start a release vote for 1.10.17 (or 1.10.16.1?)

My suggestion would be to release 1.10.17. I don't know if the ecosystem 
where Ant gets used, is used to or capable of dealing with 1.10.16.1 
kind of releases. It may not be worth trying that now.

-Jaikiran

> and also inform the user list about the problem detected.
>
> The person who reached out to me mentioned several issues, I will spend
> a bit of time trying to figure out whether more needs to be fixed before
> cutting the release.
>
> Stefan
>
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