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| <author email="">Conor MacNeill</author> |
| <author email="stefan.bodewig@epost.de">Stefan Bodewig</author> |
| <title>Ant News</title> |
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| <section name="Ant 1.5.1Beta1"> |
| <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 |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-ant/release/v1.5.1beta1/"> |
| download</a>. If you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the |
| discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists. |
| </p> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Ant 1.5"> |
| <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 ths release, feel free to join the |
| discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists. |
| </p> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Ant 1.5Beta3"> |
| <h3>June 24, 2002 - Ant 1.5 Beta3 Available!</h3> |
| <p>The third beta version of Ant 1.5 is now available for |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-ant/release/v1.5Beta3/"> |
| download</a>. If you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the |
| discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists. |
| </p> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Ant 1.5Beta2"> |
| <h3>June 1, 2002 - Ant 1.5 Beta2 Available!</h3> |
| <p>The second beta version of Ant 1.5 is now available for |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-ant/release/v1.5Beta2/"> |
| download</a>. If you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the |
| discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists. |
| </p> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Ant 1.5Beta1"> |
| <h3>Ant 1.5 Beta1 Available !</h3> |
| <p>The first beta version of Ant 1.5 is now available for |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-ant/release/v1.5Beta1/"> |
| download</a>. If you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the |
| discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists. |
| </p> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Ant wins again!"> |
| <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> |
| </section> |
| |
| <section name="Ant has won!"> |
| <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> |
| </section> |
| |
| <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="See our new logo!"> |
| <h3>Have a look at our new cool logo!</h3> |
| </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> |
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| <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> |
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| <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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