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  178. <a name="Ant 1.6.4"></a>
  179. Ant 1.6.4
  180. </h3>
  181. <h3>May 19, 2005 - Ant 1.6.4 Available</h3>
  182. <p>Apache Ant 1.6.4 is now available for <a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">download</a>.</p>
  183. <p>This is a bug fix release.</p>
  184. <h3 class="section">
  185. <a name="Ant 1.6.3"></a>
  186. Ant 1.6.3
  187. </h3>
  188. <h3>April 28, 2005 - Ant 1.6.3 Available</h3>
  189. <p>Apache Ant 1.6.3 is now available for <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/">download</a>.</p>
  190. <p>There is a large list of fixed bugs and enhancements.</p>
  191. <p>Some of the bugs affecting the embedded use of Ant are fixed.</p>
  192. <h3 class="section">
  193. <a name="Antidote Retired"></a>
  194. Antidote Retired
  195. </h3>
  196. <h3>April 4th, 2005 - The Apache Ant Project Retires Antidote, the
  197. Ant GUI</h3>
  198. <p>The Antidote subproject was once started to provide a GUI for
  199. Ant at a time where IDE support for Ant was far from usable.
  200. Unfortunately it never attracted a developer community of its
  201. own.</p>
  202. <p>At the same time IDE support for Ant has become ubiquitous by
  203. now and there is little reason to have a GUI just for Ant. This
  204. makes it even less likely that volunteers will start to spend time
  205. working on it.</p>
  206. <p>Antidote's development has been stalled for years now, despite
  207. some efforts to rejuvenate it by single developers. Therefore the
  208. Ant developers have chosen to retire Antidote.</p>
  209. <p>Antidote will no longer be developed by the Ant project; its
  210. CVS module will be shut down.</p>
  211. <p>If you are interested in Antidote's sources to learn from or
  212. build on it, you can find snapshots at <a href="http://archive.apache.org/ant/antidote/">http://archive.apache.org/ant/antidote/</a>.</p>
  213. <h3 class="section">
  214. <a name="Ant 1.6.2"></a>
  215. Ant 1.6.2
  216. </h3>
  217. <h3>July 16, 2004 - Ant 1.6.2 Available</h3>
  218. <p>Apache Ant 1.6.2 available for <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/">download</a>.</p>
  219. <p>Nested elements for namespaced tasks and types may belong to the
  220. Ant default namespace as well as the task's or type's namespace.</p>
  221. <p>All exceptions thrown by tasks are now wrapped in a
  222. buildexception giving the location in the buildfile of the task.</p>
  223. <p>Ant 1.6.2 fixes a large number of bugs and adds a number of
  224. features which were asked for by users on Bugzilla.</p>
  225. <h3 class="section">
  226. <a name="Wiki Migration"></a>
  227. Wiki Migration
  228. </h3>
  229. <h3>February 29, 2004</h3>
  230. <p>The Ant Wiki pages have been migrated to their
  231. <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/ant/">new home</a> on the Apache
  232. Wiki farm.
  233. </p>
  234. <h3 class="section">
  235. <a name="Ant 1.6.1"></a>
  236. Ant 1.6.1
  237. </h3>
  238. <h3>February 12, 2004 - Ant 1.6.1 Available</h3>
  239. <p>Apache Ant 1.6.1 is still available for
  240. <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/">download</a>.
  241. </p>
  242. <p>The ASF Board has approved the new Apache License 2.0.
  243. For a copy of that license, please see
  244. <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/">
  245. http://www.apache.org/licenses/</a>.</p>
  246. <p>The Ant 1.6.1 release is delivered with the
  247. Apache License 2.0.</p>
  248. <p>Ant 1.6.1 fixes several bugs, most notably the handling
  249. of the default namespace for nested elements.</p>
  250. <p>Ant 1.6.1 also introduces initial support for compiling with
  251. Java 1.5.</p>
  252. <h3 class="section">
  253. <a name="Ant 1.6.0"></a>
  254. Ant 1.6.0
  255. </h3>
  256. <h3>December 18, 2003 - Ant 1.6.0 Available</h3>
  257. <p>Apache Ant 1.6.0 is still available for
  258. <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/">download</a>.
  259. </p>
  260. <p>As
  261. we've already said in the announcements of Ant 1.5.4, this release
  262. requires JDK 1.2 or later to run.</p>
  263. <p>Ant 1.6.0 adds a lot of new features, most prominently support
  264. for XML namespaces as well as a new concept of Ant libraries that
  265. makes use of namespaces to avoid name clashes of custom tasks.
  266. For a longer list of fixed bugs and new features see the release
  267. notes.</p>
  268. <p>If you find anything that hasn't been covered in the manual (I bet you
  269. did) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in the
  270. <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/ant/NewAntFeaturesInDetail">Wiki</a>.</p>
  271. <h3 class="section">
  272. <a name="Ant 1.5.4"></a>
  273. Ant 1.5.4
  274. </h3>
  275. <h3>August 12, 2003 - Ant 1.5.4 Available</h3>
  276. <p>Apache Ant 1.5.4 is still available for
  277. <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/">download</a>.
  278. </p>
  279. <p>This is a minor bugfix release that fixes a problem with the
  280. <code>javah</code> task on JDK 1.4.2 and a couple of bugs in the
  281. Visual Age for Java intergration tasks. If you don't use javah or
  282. VAJ, there is no reason to upgrade.</p>
  283. <div class="warning">
  284. <div class="label">Note</div>
  285. <div class="content">Ant 1.5.4 is the last release that supports
  286. JDK 1.1. Ant 1.6.0 requires JDK 1.2 or
  287. later.
  288. </div>
  289. </div>
  290. <h3 class="section">
  291. <a name="Java Pro 2003 Readers Choice Award"></a>
  292. Java Pro 2003 Readers Choice Award
  293. </h3>
  294. <a href="http://www.ftponline.com/javapro/">
  295. <img style="padding: 5px" src="images/jp_rcwinner_2003.gif" alt="" border="0" height="80" width="139" align="right" /></a>
  296. <h3>June 11th, 2003: Ant wins a Java Pro readers' choice award</h3>
  297. <p>
  298. Ant has won the Java Pro 2003 Readers' Choice Award for
  299. </p>
  300. <p>
  301. <strong>Most Valuable Java Deployment Technology</strong>.
  302. </p>
  303. <p>
  304. Thanks to Java Pro and all its readers. You can read about
  305. these
  306. <a href="http://www.ftponline.com/reports/javaone/2003/awards/">awards</a>
  307. at the Java Pro website.
  308. </p>
  309. <h3 class="section">
  310. <a name="JDJ Editors Choice Award"></a>
  311. JDJ Editors Choice Award
  312. </h3>
  313. <a href="http://sys-con.com/java/article2a.cfm?id=2059&amp;count=1734&amp;tot=6&amp;page=2"><img src="images/JDJEditorsChoiceAward.jpg" alt="" border="0" align="right" /></a>
  314. <h3>June 2003: Ant wins JDJ Editors' Choice Award</h3>
  315. <p>
  316. "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
  317. </p>
  318. <h3 class="section">
  319. <a name="Ant keeps on winning!"></a>
  320. Ant keeps on winning!
  321. </h3>
  322. <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/"><img src="images/jw_ec_logo_winner2003.gif" alt="" border="0" height="108" width="252" align="right" /></a>
  323. <h3>June 9th, 2003: Ant wins the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award</h3>
  324. <p>
  325. Ant has won the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award for
  326. </p>
  327. <p>
  328. <strong>Most Useful Java Community-Developed Technology</strong>
  329. </p>
  330. <p>
  331. for the second time in a row! Read the
  332. <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-2003/jw-0609-eca.html"> full article</a> -- or jump directly to the bit about
  333. <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-2003/jw-0609-eca-p4.html"> our award</a> <code>:)</code></p>
  334. <h3 class="section">
  335. <a name="Ant 1.5.3"></a>
  336. Ant 1.5.3
  337. </h3>
  338. <h3>April 9, 2003 - Ant 1.5.3 Available</h3>
  339. <p>Apache Ant 1.5.3 is still available for
  340. <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/">download</a>.
  341. </p>
  342. <h3 class="section">
  343. <a name="Ant 1.5.2"></a>
  344. Ant 1.5.2
  345. </h3>
  346. <h3>March 3, 2003 - Ant 1.5.2 Available!</h3>
  347. <p>The final version of Ant 1.5.2 is available for
  348. <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/">download</a>.
  349. If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the
  350. discussion on the dev and user mailing lists.
  351. </p>
  352. <h3 class="section">
  353. <a name="Ant Top Level Project"></a>
  354. Ant Top Level Project
  355. </h3>
  356. <h3>November 18, 2002</h3>
  357. <p>The Apache board <a href="mission.html">created</a>
  358. the Apache Ant top level project. Ant has now migrated from the Jakarta
  359. project into an Apache project of its own. This is primarily an
  360. organizational change and will not affect the technical aspects of
  361. the project. Ant retains a strong association with the Apache
  362. Jakarta project. One effect of this change is that the Ant webpage
  363. is now located at <a href="http://ant.apache.org/">http://ant.apache.org/</a>
  364. </p>
  365. <h3 class="section">
  366. <a name="Ant 1.5.1"></a>
  367. Ant 1.5.1
  368. </h3>
  369. <h3>October 3, 2002 - Ant 1.5.1 Available !</h3>
  370. <p>The final version of Ant 1.5.1 is still available for
  371. <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/">
  372. download</a>. If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the
  373. discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists.
  374. </p>
  375. <h3 class="section">
  376. <a name="Ant 1.5"></a>
  377. Ant 1.5
  378. </h3>
  379. <h3>July 15, 2002 - Fix for Cygwin problem in wrapper script available</h3>
  380. <p>The wrapper script of Ant 1.5 needs to be replaced with a new
  381. version for Cygwin users. See the <a href="faq.html#1.5-cygwin-sh">FAQ</a> for details.</p>
  382. <h3>July 10, 2002 - Ant 1.5 Released!</h3>
  383. <p>The final version of Ant 1.5 is now available for
  384. <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/">
  385. download</a>. If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the
  386. discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists.
  387. </p>
  388. <h3 class="section">
  389. <a name="Ant wins again!"></a>
  390. Ant wins again!
  391. </h3>
  392. <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/"><img src="images/sdm_productivity_award.gif" alt="" border="0" height="108" width="181" align="right" /></a>
  393. <h3>Apr 29, 2002: Ant wins <em>Software Development</em> magazine's
  394. 2002 Productivity Award.</h3>
  395. <p>
  396. Ant has been awarded a <strong>2002 Productivity Award</strong> by
  397. <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/"><em>Software Development</em></a>
  398. magazine. Read the
  399. <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/jolts/press_release_4-26-02.htm">
  400. press release</a> for more information and the full list of winners.
  401. </p>
  402. <h3 class="section">
  403. <a name="Ant has won!"></a>
  404. Ant has won!
  405. </h3>
  406. <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/"><img src="images/jw_ec_logo_winner2002.gif" alt="" border="0" height="108" width="252" align="right" /></a>
  407. <h3>Mar 26, 2002: Ant wins the JavaWorld Editors' Choice
  408. Award</h3>
  409. <p>
  410. Ant has won the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award for
  411. <strong>Most Useful Java Community-Developed Technology</strong>.
  412. Read the
  413. <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2002/jw-0326-awards.html "> full article</a> -- or jump directly to the bit about
  414. <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2002/jw-0326-awards-p3.html"> our award</a> <code>:)</code></p>
  415. <h3 class="section">
  416. <a name="Java 1.4 Support"></a>
  417. Java 1.4 Support
  418. </h3>
  419. <h3>Feb 15, 2002: Java 1.4 Support</h3>
  420. <p>
  421. Java 1.4 has now been released by Sun. The latest Ant source supports
  422. the new <tt>assert</tt> statement in the compiler task via the <tt>source</tt>
  423. attribute. It also contains a compatibility fix needed for some ant tasks
  424. on Java 1.4 over Windows XP. If you have problems running Ant 1.4.1 on WinXP/Java 1.4,
  425. please use a recent build or compile your own version from the source tree.
  426. </p>
  427. <h3 class="section">
  428. <a name="See our new logo!"></a>
  429. See our new logo!
  430. </h3>
  431. <h3>Have a look at our new cool logo!</h3>
  432. <h3 class="section">
  433. <a name="Ant 1.4.1"></a>
  434. Ant 1.4.1
  435. </h3>
  436. <h3>11 October 2001 Ant 1.4.1 released !</h3>
  437. <p>Please visit the
  438. <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/">
  439. download area</a>.
  440. </p>
  441. <h3 class="section">
  442. <a name="Best-Practices Profile of Ant at Sun's Dot-Com Builder"></a>
  443. Best-Practices Profile of Ant at Sun's Dot-Com Builder
  444. </h3>
  445. <p>Sun has released an introductory article on Ant on their
  446. Dot-Com Builder site on May302001. See <a href="http://dcb.sun.com/practices/profiles/ant.jsp">http://dcb.sun.com/practices/profiles/ant.jsp</a></p>
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