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| <author email="conor@cortexebusiness.com.au">Conor MacNeill</author> |
| <author email="stefan.bodewig@epost.de">Stefan Bodewig</author> |
| <title>Ant News</title> |
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| <section name="Java 1.4 Support"> |
| <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> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Vote for a Logo"> |
| <h3>Polls have closed</h3> |
| <p> |
| Thanks for voting! |
| </p> |
| <p>*drum roll* - <a href="logocontest.html">and the winners are....</a></p> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Ant 1.4.1"> |
| <h3>11 October 2001 Ant 1.4.1 released !</h3> |
| <p>Please visit the |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-ant/release/v1.4.1/"> |
| download area</a>. |
| </p> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Ant 2.0 Requirements Collected - Next is Design"> |
| <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> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Best-Practices Profile of Ant at Sun's Dot-Com Builder"> |
| <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> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Ant 2.0 Requirements"> |
| <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: |
| <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> |
| |
| 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="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail.html">Ant-Dev mailing list</a> and contribute |
| your ideas. |
| </p> |
| </section> |
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| </body> |
| </document> |
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