Re: [ANN] Apache Ant 1.10.17 Released

Jaikiran Pai <[email protected]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:17:23 +0530
Newsgroups gmane.comp.jakarta.ant.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Thank you Stefan.

-Jaikiran

On 11/04/26 12:32 am, Stefan Bodewig wrote:
> The Apache Ant Team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Ant
> 1.10.17.
>
> Apache Ant is a Java library and command-line tool that helps building
> software.
>
> Our last release Ant 1.10.16 introduced a regression that may lead to
> NullPointerExceptions in code that uses Ant via its Java API rather than
> via the command line. Ant 1.10.17 only fixes the regression, no other
> changes in functionality have been added.
>
> We want to thank the Eclipse developers who detected the regression and
> helped us fixing it.
>
> Source and binary distributions are available for download from the
> Apache Ant download site:
>
> https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi
>
> When downloading, please verify signatures using the KEYS file available
> at the above location when downloading the release.
>
> The full list of Changes in 1.10.17:
> ====================================
>
> Fixed bugs:
> -----------
>
>  * The JavaEnvUtils and FileUtils classes statically depend on each
>    other since Ant 1.10.16 making it impossible to load JavaEnvUtils
>    without loading FileUtils first causing NullPointerException for
>    programmatic use on Windows. This affected Eclipse and may also
>    affect other projects using Ant as a library.
>    The classes can now be loaded independently again.
>    Bugzilla Report 69992
>
> For complete information on Ant, including instructions on how to submit
> bug reports, patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Ant
> website:
>
> https://ant.apache.org/
>
> Stefan Bodewig, on behalf of the Apache Ant community
> > 
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