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| <a name="Ant 1.6beta3"></a> |
| Ant 1.6beta3 |
| </h3> |
| <h3>December 5, 2003 - Ant 1.6beta3 Available</h3> |
| <p>Apache Ant 1.6beta3 is now available for <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/dist/ant/v1.6beta3/">download</a>. As |
| we've already said in the announcements of Ant 1.5.4, this release |
| requires JDK 1.2 or later to run.</p> |
| <p>We encourage user to give this beta a release a try and report |
| any bugs found so that we get a chance to fix them before we make |
| the final release of Ant 1.6.</p> |
| <p>Ant 1.6 adds a lot of new features, most prominently support |
| for XML namespaces as well as a new concept of Ant libraries that |
| makes use of namespaces to avoid name clashes of custom tasks. |
| For a longer list of fixed bugs and new features see the release |
| notes.</p> |
| <p>The manual of Ant 1.6 is available on line |
| <a href="manual-1.6beta/"> here</a>.</p> |
| <p>If you find anything that hasn't been covered in the manual (I bet you |
| did) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in the |
| <a href="http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?NewAntFeaturesInDetail">Wiki </a>.</p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant 1.5.4"></a> |
| Ant 1.5.4 |
| </h3> |
| <h3>August 12, 2003 - Ant 1.5.4 Available</h3> |
| <p>Apache Ant 1.5.4 is now available for |
| <a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">download</a>. |
| </p> |
| <p>This is a minor bugfix release that fixes a problem with the |
| <code>javah</code> task on JDK 1.4.2 and a couple of bugs in the |
| Visual Age for Java intergration tasks. If you don't use javah or |
| VAJ, there is no reason to upgrade.</p> |
| <div class="warning"> |
| <div class="label">Note</div> |
| <div class="content">Ant 1.5.4 will be the last release that supports |
| JDK 1.1. The next major release of Ant, Ant 1.6, will require JDK 1.2 or |
| later. |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Java Pro 2003 Readers Choice Award"></a> |
| Java Pro 2003 Readers Choice Award |
| </h3> |
| <a href="http://www.ftponline.com/javapro/"> |
| <img style="padding: 5px" src="images/jp_rcwinner_2003.gif" alt="" border="0" height="80" width="139" align="right" /></a> |
| <h3>June 11th, 2003: Ant wins a Java Pro readers' choice award</h3> |
| <p> |
| Ant has won the Java Pro 2003 Readers' Choice Award for |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <strong>Most Valuable Java Deployment Technology</strong>. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Thanks to Java Pro and all its readers. You can read about |
| these |
| <a href="http://www.ftponline.com/reports/javaone/2003/awards/">awards</a> |
| at the Java Pro website. |
| </p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="JDJ Editors Choice Award"></a> |
| JDJ Editors Choice Award |
| </h3> |
| <a href="http://sys-con.com/java/article2a.cfm?id=2059&count=1734&tot=6&page=2"><img src="images/JDJEditorsChoiceAward.jpg" alt="" border="0" align="right" /></a> |
| <h3>June 2003: Ant wins JDJ Editors' Choice Award</h3> |
| <p> |
| "Ant is the hammer of the Java world: without it, civilization might have progressed, but much more slowly than it has. Ant is one of the most useful build tools I have ever had the pleasure to use." - Joe Ottinger |
| </p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant keeps on winning!"></a> |
| Ant keeps on winning! |
| </h3> |
| <a href="http://www.javaworld.com"><img src="images/jw_ec_logo_winner2003.gif" alt="" border="0" height="108" width="252" align="right" /></a> |
| <h3>June 9th, 2003: Ant wins the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award</h3> |
| <p> |
| Ant has won the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award for |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <strong>Most Useful Java Community-Developed Technology</strong> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| for the second time in a row! Read the |
| <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-2003/jw-0609-eca.html"> full article</a> -- or jump directly to the bit about |
| <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-2003/jw-0609-eca-p4.html"> our award</a> <code>:)</code></p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant 1.5.3"></a> |
| Ant 1.5.3 |
| </h3> |
| <h3>April 9, 2003 - Ant 1.5.3 Available</h3> |
| <p>Apache Ant 1.5.3 is now available for |
| <a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">download</a>. |
| </p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant 1.5.3 Beta 1"></a> |
| Ant 1.5.3 Beta 1 |
| </h3> |
| <h3>March 25, 2003 - Ant 1.5.3 Beta 1 Available</h3> |
| <p>Apache Ant 1.5.3 Beta 1 is now available for |
| <a href="http://ant.apache.org/beta/">download</a>. |
| Please download it and try it out. If you have any issues |
| please raise a bug on |
| <a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Ant">BugZilla</a> |
| or send an email to the Ant dev mailing list |
| </p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant 1.5.2"></a> |
| Ant 1.5.2 |
| </h3> |
| <h3>March 3, 2003 - Ant 1.5.2 Available!</h3> |
| <p>The final version of Ant 1.5.2 is now available for |
| <a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">download</a>. |
| If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the |
| discussion on the dev and user mailing lists. |
| </p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant 1.5.2Beta1"></a> |
| Ant 1.5.2Beta1 |
| </h3> |
| <h3>February 21, 2003 - Ant 1.5.2 Beta1 Available!</h3> |
| <p>The first beta version of Ant 1.5.2 is now available for |
| download at <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/v1.5.2beta1/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/v1.5.2beta1</a>. |
| If you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the |
| discussion on the dev and user mailing lists. |
| </p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant Top Level Project"></a> |
| Ant Top Level Project |
| </h3> |
| <h3>November 18, 2002</h3> |
| <p>The Apache board <a href="mission.html">created</a> |
| the Apache Ant top level project. Ant has now migrated from the Jakarta |
| project into an Apache project of its own. This is primarily an |
| organizational change and will not affect the technical aspects of |
| the project. Ant retains a strong association with the Apache |
| Jakarta project. One effect of this change is that the Ant webpage |
| is now located at <a href="http://ant.apache.org">http://ant.apache.org</a> |
| </p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant 1.5.1"></a> |
| Ant 1.5.1 |
| </h3> |
| <h3>October 3, 2002 - Ant 1.5.1 Available !</h3> |
| <p>The final version of Ant 1.5.1 is now available for |
| <a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi"> |
| download</a>. If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the |
| discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists. |
| </p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant 1.5.1Beta1"></a> |
| Ant 1.5.1Beta1 |
| </h3> |
| <h3>August 19, 2002 - Ant 1.5.1 Beta1 Available !</h3> |
| <p>The first beta version of Ant 1.5.1 is now available for |
| download. If you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the |
| discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists. |
| </p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant 1.5"></a> |
| Ant 1.5 |
| </h3> |
| <h3>July 15, 2002 - Fix for Cygwin problem in wrapper script available</h3> |
| <p>The wrapper script of Ant 1.5 needs to be replaced with a new |
| version for Cygwin users. See the <a href="faq.html#1.5-cygwin-sh">FAQ</a> for details.</p> |
| <h3>July 10, 2002 - Ant 1.5 Released!</h3> |
| <p>The final version of Ant 1.5 is now available for |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-ant/release/v1.5/"> |
| download</a>. If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the |
| discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists. |
| </p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant 1.5Beta3"></a> |
| Ant 1.5Beta3 |
| </h3> |
| <h3>June 24, 2002 - Ant 1.5 Beta3 Available!</h3> |
| <p>The third beta version of Ant 1.5 is now available for |
| download. If you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the |
| discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists. |
| </p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant 1.5Beta2"></a> |
| Ant 1.5Beta2 |
| </h3> |
| <h3>June 1, 2002 - Ant 1.5 Beta2 Available!</h3> |
| <p>The second beta version of Ant 1.5 is now available for |
| download. If you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the |
| discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists. |
| </p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant 1.5Beta1"></a> |
| Ant 1.5Beta1 |
| </h3> |
| <h3>Ant 1.5 Beta1 Available !</h3> |
| <p>The first beta version of Ant 1.5 is now available for |
| download. If you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the |
| discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists. |
| </p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant wins again!"></a> |
| Ant wins again! |
| </h3> |
| <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com"><img src="images/sdm_productivity_award.gif" alt="" border="0" height="108" width="181" align="right" /></a> |
| <h3>Apr 29, 2002: Ant wins <em>Software Development</em> magazine's |
| 2002 Productivity Award.</h3> |
| <p> |
| Ant has been awarded a <strong>2002 Productivity Award</strong> by |
| <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/"><em>Software Development</em></a> |
| magazine. Read the |
| <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/jolts/press_release_4-26-02.htm"> |
| press release</a> for more information and the full list of winners. |
| </p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant has won!"></a> |
| Ant has won! |
| </h3> |
| <a href="http://www.javaworld.com"><img src="images/jw_ec_logo_winner2002.gif" alt="" border="0" height="108" width="252" align="right" /></a> |
| <h3>Mar 26, 2002: Ant wins the JavaWorld Editors' Choice |
| Award</h3> |
| <p> |
| Ant has won the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award for |
| <strong>Most Useful Java Community-Developed Technology</strong>. |
| Read the |
| <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2002/jw-0326-awards.html "> full article</a> -- or jump directly to the bit about |
| <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2002/jw-0326-awards-p3.html"> our award</a> <code>:)</code></p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Java 1.4 Support"></a> |
| Java 1.4 Support |
| </h3> |
| <h3>Feb 15, 2002: Java 1.4 Support</h3> |
| <p> |
| Java 1.4 has now been released by Sun. The latest Ant source supports |
| the new <tt>assert</tt> statement in the compiler task via the <tt>source</tt> |
| attribute. It also contains a compatibility fix needed for some ant tasks |
| on Java 1.4 over Windows XP. If you have problems running Ant 1.4.1 on WinXP/Java 1.4, |
| please use a recent build or compile your own version from the source tree. |
| </p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="See our new logo!"></a> |
| See our new logo! |
| </h3> |
| <h3>Have a look at our new cool logo!</h3> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant 1.4.1"></a> |
| Ant 1.4.1 |
| </h3> |
| <h3>11 October 2001 Ant 1.4.1 released !</h3> |
| <p>Please visit the |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-ant/release/v1.4.1/"> |
| download area</a>. |
| </p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant 2.0 Requirements Collected - Next is Design"></a> |
| Ant 2.0 Requirements Collected - Next is Design |
| </h3> |
| <p>A commented version of the collected user requirements is now |
| available <a href="ant2/features.html">here</a> - it is not |
| complete as some details still have to be defined, but it should |
| give you an idea of what Ant2 is going to look like.</p> |
| <p>Several details can only be decided in the light of real code |
| and prototypes. Several people are working on prototypes (that |
| can be found in Ant's CVS module in the proposals directory) and |
| discussion is going on on the Ant-Dev mailing list.</p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Best-Practices Profile of Ant at Sun's Dot-Com Builder"></a> |
| Best-Practices Profile of Ant at Sun's Dot-Com Builder |
| </h3> |
| <p>Sun has released an introductory article on Ant on their |
| Dot-Com Builder site on May 30 2001. See <a href="http://dcb.sun.com/practices/profiles/ant.jsp">http://dcb.sun.com/practices/profiles/ant.jsp</a></p> |
| <h3 class="section"> |
| <a name="Ant 2.0 Requirements"></a> |
| Ant 2.0 Requirements |
| </h3> |
| <p>Ant has been in use for quite some time and has been used in ways never conceived when it |
| was originally written. While Ant 1.x has continued to sucessfully evolve and grow, there |
| are a number of limitations and inconsistencies that are now apparent and which need to |
| be addressed. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| As we continue to evolve and enhance Ant 1.x, it is now time to define what Ant 2.0 will |
| encompass. Ant 2.0 will be a major rearchitecting of Ant. It has a number of goals including: |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Define the "contract" with build file writers to which Ant will be bound.</li> |
| <li>Define the "contract" between the Ant core and Task writers.</li> |
| <li>Make Ant more easily extendable by allowing additional tasks to be "dropped" in.</li> |
| <li>Allow Ant to function as a component to simplify integration with GUIs and IDEs.</li> |
| <li>Make Ant more regular and logical.</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| It is expected that Ant 2.0 will break Ant 1.x based build files. The intention is to |
| make this the last time that will happen. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| To advance the definition of Ant, user requirements are now being accepted on the |
| Ant-Dev mailing list. Any requirement will be accepted for consideration. The |
| requirements are being collected into a document which is available |
| <a href="ant2/requested-features.txt">on-line</a>. New features will be excepted |
| until March 21st, 2001. At that time, each requirement will be discussed |
| for inclusion in an Ant 2.0 requirement document. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| For your reference some of the goals which have shaped the development of Ant 1.x are |
| available <a href="ant2/original-specification.html">here</a>. These continue to be |
| relevant to Ant 2.0. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| If you want to shape the future of Ant, join the |
| <a href="mail.html">Ant-Dev mailing list</a> and contribute |
| your ideas. |
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