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Matthew Inger <[email protected]> Thu, 7 Jul 2011 21:01:16 -0700 (PDT)
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--===============6662972935774341073== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1178748923-1310097676=:45929" --0-1178748923-1310097676=:45929 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A few people have asked the status of the ant-contrib project.=0A=0AI have = not had much time to work on it recently. =A0Also, =A0I got kind of frustra= ted by the constant API changes=0Ain Ant itself which kept breaking various= tasks. =A0As a result, I had to maintain several different versions of the= =0Acode just to support different Ant versions.=0A=0AOn top of that, we hav= e 1 task that relies on Ivy as well, and that underwent version changes.=0A= =0AThen add into the mix, supporting Java 1.5 and Java 1.6.=0A=0AIt all bec= ause too many variables.=0A=0AI'm willing to get everything working on Ant = 1.8.2 (the most recent version), and put out a final=0Arelease. =A0However,= it will require specific versions of Ant, JDK and Ivy. =A0As those other p= roducts=0Aget updated, newer Ant-Contrib would support only the latest vers= ions of those. =A0That's not to say=0Aant-contrib would not be backward com= patible, but that depends on the API changes of it's dependent=0Aproducts.= [email protected]=0A"Once you start down t= he dark path, forever will it=0Adominate your destiny. Consume you it will= " - Yoda --0-1178748923-1310097676=:45929 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>A few people hav= e asked the status of the ant-contrib project.</div><div><br></div><div>I h= ave not had much time to work on it recently. Also, I got kind = of frustrated by the constant API changes</div><div>in Ant itself which kep= t breaking various tasks. As a result, I had to maintain several diff= erent versions of the</div><div>code just to support different Ant versions= .</div><div><br></div><div>On top of that, we have 1 task that relies on Iv= y as well, and that underwent version changes.</div><div><br></div><div>The= n add into the mix, supporting Java 1.5 and Java 1.6.</div><div><br></div><= div>It all because too many variables.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm willing= to get everything working on Ant 1.8.2 (the most recent version), and put = out a final</div><div>release. However, it will require specific versions of Ant, JDK and Ivy. As those other products</div><div>get = updated, newer Ant-Contrib would support only the latest versions of those.= That's not to say</div><div>ant-contrib would not be backward compat= ible, but that depends on the API changes of it's dependent</div><div>produ= cts.</div><div><br></div><div>Thoughts?</div><div> </div><div>----<br>= [email protected]<br>"Once you start down the dark path, forever will it<= br>dominate your destiny. Consume you it will " - Yoda</div></div></body><= /html> --0-1178748923-1310097676=:45929-- --===============6662972935774341073== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 --===============6662972935774341073== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Ant-contrib-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ant-contrib-developers --===============6662972935774341073==--