Re: ant version

Fabrice Dewasmes <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.open-symphony.devel
Organization open wide
Message-ID <1060008575.1179.37.camel@elixir>
> No, because it's platform dependent. .sh and .bat files are ugly and  
> evil.

Having such files should be seen as a convenience way. I agree it's
platform dependent and so it leads to portability problems, etc... But
if a user doesn't want to use it, he can still use its installation of
ant without any trouble. 

>  The real problem is with ant's classloader, which won't allow it  
> to pick up certain things dynamically.

I'm not an expert of ant classloader and i haven't ever heard about
these problems. I guess you're right and so the idea should be
abandoned.

> Bundling ant is never going to happen, not while I have any say in the  
> matter!

It was just a question ... ;)

Fabrice



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