Re: Status

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I agree with picking a minimum version of Ant and Java. Ant 1.8.x is good.
I'd try to stay with Java 1.5 just because there are still a lot of
enterprise build systems using it even though it hit end of life quite a
while ago.

I also haven't had much time to help out, but let me know what I can do to
help get a solid release out.

Dale



On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Matthew Inger <[email protected]> wrote:

> A few people have asked the status of the ant-contrib project.
>
> I have not had much time to work on it recently.  Also,  I got kind of
> frustrated by the constant API changes
> in Ant itself which kept breaking various tasks.  As a result, I had to
> maintain several different versions of the
> code just to support different Ant versions.
>
> On top of that, we have 1 task that relies on Ivy as well, and that
> underwent version changes.
>
> Then add into the mix, supporting Java 1.5 and Java 1.6.
>
> It all because too many variables.
>
> I'm willing to get everything working on Ant 1.8.2 (the most recent
> version), and put out a final
> release.  However, it will require specific versions of Ant, JDK and Ivy.
>  As those other products
> get updated, newer Ant-Contrib would support only the latest versions of
> those.  That's not to say
> ant-contrib would not be backward compatible, but that depends on the API
> changes of it's dependent
> products.
>
> Thoughts?
>
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> dominate your destiny. Consume you it will " - Yoda
>
>
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I agree with picking a minimum version of Ant and Java. Ant 1.8.x is good. =
I&#39;d try to stay with Java 1.5 just because there are still a lot of ent=
erprise build systems using it even though it hit end of life quite a while=
 ago. <br>
<br>I also haven&#39;t had much time to help out, but let me know what I ca=
n do to help get a solid release out.<br><br>Dale<br><br><br><br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Matthew Inger <span dir=
=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>=
&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style=3D"color:#000;background-co=
lor:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt=
">
<div>A few people have asked the status of the ant-contrib project.</div><d=
iv><br></div><div>I have not had much time to work on it recently. =A0Also,=
 =A0I got kind of frustrated by the constant API changes</div><div>in Ant i=
tself which kept breaking various tasks. =A0As a result, I had to maintain =
several different 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 Ivy as well, and that underwe=
nt version changes.</div><div><br></div><div>Then add into the mix, support=
ing Java 1.5 and Java 1.6.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It all because too many variables.</div><div><br></div>=
<div>I&#39;m willing to get everything working on Ant 1.8.2 (the most recen=
t version), and put out a final</div><div>release. =A0However, it will requ=
ire specific
 versions of Ant, JDK and Ivy. =A0As those other products</div><div>get upd=
ated, newer Ant-Contrib would support only the latest versions of those. =
=A0That&#39;s not to say</div><div>ant-contrib would not be backward compat=
ible, but that depends on the API changes of it&#39;s dependent</div>
<div>products.</div><div><br></div><div>Thoughts?</div><div>=A0</div><div>-=
---<br><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">mattinger@y=
ahoo.com</a><br>&quot;Once you start down the dark path, forever will it<br=
>dominate your destiny.  Consume you it will &quot; - Yoda</div>
</div></div><br>-----------------------------------------------------------=
-------------------<br>
All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable.<=
br>
Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security<b=
r>
threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes<br=
>
sense of it. IT sense. And common sense.<br>
<a href=3D"http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2" target=3D"_blank">http://p.sf=
.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2</a><br>_____________________________________________=
__<br>
Ant-contrib-developers mailing list<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">Ant-contrib=
[email protected]</a><br>
<a href=3D"https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ant-contrib-develop=
ers" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ant-con=
trib-developers</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br>

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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
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