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<meta name="author" content="Stefan Bodewig"> | |||
<meta name="email" content="stefan.bodewig@freenet.de"> | |||
<meta name="author" content="Magesh Umasankar"> | |||
<meta name="email" content=""> | |||
<meta name="author" content="Antoine Levy-Lambert"> | |||
<meta name="email" content=""> | |||
</head> | |||
@@ -174,23 +176,18 @@ | |||
<div class="content"> | |||
<h1 class="title">News</h1> | |||
<h3 class="section"> | |||
<a name="Ant 1.6beta3"></a> | |||
Ant 1.6beta3 | |||
<a name="Ant 1.6.0"></a> | |||
Ant 1.6.0 | |||
</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 | |||
<h3>December 18, 2003 - Ant 1.6.0 Available</h3> | |||
<p>Apache Ant 1.6.0 is now available for <a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">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 | |||
<p>Ant 1.6.0 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> | |||
@@ -199,8 +196,8 @@ did) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in the | |||
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>Apache Ant 1.5.4 is still available for | |||
<a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant">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 | |||
@@ -208,8 +205,8 @@ did) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in the | |||
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 | |||
<div class="content">Ant 1.5.4 is the last release that supports | |||
JDK 1.1. Ant 1.6.0 requires JDK 1.2 or | |||
later. | |||
</div> | |||
</div> | |||
@@ -262,41 +259,18 @@ did) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in the | |||
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>Apache Ant 1.5.3 is still available for | |||
<a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant">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>. | |||
<p>The final version of Ant 1.5.2 is available for | |||
<a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant">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> | |||
@@ -316,19 +290,10 @@ did) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in the | |||
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"> | |||
<p>The final version of Ant 1.5.1 is still available for | |||
<a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant"> | |||
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> | |||
@@ -342,33 +307,6 @@ did) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in the | |||
<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> | |||
@@ -424,65 +362,11 @@ did) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in the | |||
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. | |||
</p> | |||
</div> | |||
</div> | |||
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valign="top" align="left"> | |||
12 August 2003 | |||
</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" | |||
valign="top" align="left"> | |||
1.6.0 | |||
</td> | |||
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" | |||
valign="top" align="left"> | |||
18 December 2003 | |||
</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
</table> | |||
<p class="faq"> | |||
@@ -172,40 +172,21 @@ | |||
<div class="content"> | |||
<h1 class="title">Welcome</h1> | |||
<h3 class="section"> | |||
<a name="Ant 1.6beta3"></a> | |||
Ant 1.6beta3 | |||
<a name="Ant 1.6.0"></a> | |||
Ant 1.6.0 | |||
</h3> | |||
<p>Apache Ant 1.6beta3 is now available for <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/dist/ant/v1.6beta3/">download</a>. As | |||
<p>Apache Ant 1.6.0 is now available for <a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">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 | |||
<p>Ant 1.6.0 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> | |||
<p>Apache Ant 1.5.4 is now available for | |||
<a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">download</a>. | |||
</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="Apache Ant"></a> | |||
Apache Ant | |||
</h3> | |||
@@ -253,7 +234,7 @@ on. | |||
Documentation | |||
</h3> | |||
<p> | |||
You can view the documentation for the current release (Apache Ant 1.5.4) | |||
You can view the documentation for the current release (Apache Ant 1.6.0) | |||
<a href="manual/index.html">online</a> | |||
</p> | |||
<p> | |||
@@ -5,30 +5,24 @@ | |||
<author email="">Conor MacNeill</author> | |||
<author email="stefan.bodewig@freenet.de">Stefan Bodewig</author> | |||
<author email="">Magesh Umasankar</author> | |||
<author email="">Antoine Levy-Lambert</author> | |||
<title>News</title> | |||
</properties> | |||
<body> | |||
<section name="Ant 1.6beta3"> | |||
<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 | |||
<section name="Ant 1.6.0"> | |||
<h3>December 18, 2003 - Ant 1.6.0 Available</h3> | |||
<p>Apache Ant 1.6.0 is now available for <a | |||
href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">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 | |||
<p>Ant 1.6.0 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> | |||
@@ -37,8 +31,8 @@ did) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in the | |||
<section name="Ant 1.5.4"> | |||
<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>Apache Ant 1.5.4 is still available for | |||
<a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant">download</a>. | |||
</p> | |||
<p>This is a minor bugfix release that fixes a problem with the | |||
@@ -48,8 +42,8 @@ did) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in the | |||
<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 | |||
<div class="content">Ant 1.5.4 is the last release that supports | |||
JDK 1.1. Ant 1.6.0 requires JDK 1.2 or | |||
later. | |||
</div> | |||
</div> | |||
@@ -103,43 +97,21 @@ did) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in the | |||
<section name="Ant 1.5.3"> | |||
<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>Apache Ant 1.5.3 is still available for | |||
<a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant">download</a>. | |||
</p> | |||
</section> | |||
<section name="Ant 1.5.3 Beta 1"> | |||
<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> | |||
</section> | |||
<section name="Ant 1.5.2"> | |||
<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>. | |||
<p>The final version of Ant 1.5.2 is available for | |||
<a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant">download</a>. | |||
If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the | |||
discussion on the dev and user mailing lists. | |||
</p> | |||
</section> | |||
<section name="Ant 1.5.2Beta1"> | |||
<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> | |||
</section> | |||
<section name="Ant Top Level Project"> | |||
<h3>November 18, 2002</h3> | |||
<p>The Apache board <a href="mission.html">created</a> | |||
@@ -154,21 +126,13 @@ did) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in the | |||
<section name="Ant 1.5.1"> | |||
<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"> | |||
<p>The final version of Ant 1.5.1 is still available for | |||
<a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant"> | |||
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> | |||
</section> | |||
<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 | |||
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> | |||
</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 | |||
@@ -183,30 +147,6 @@ did) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in the | |||
</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 | |||
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> | |||
</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 | |||
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> | |||
</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 | |||
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> | |||
</section> | |||
<section name="Ant wins again!"> | |||
<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 | |||
@@ -257,68 +197,12 @@ did) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in the | |||
</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: | |||
</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. | |||
</p> | |||
</section> | |||
</body> | |||
</document> | |||
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ | |||
<td>1.5.4</td> | |||
<td>12 August 2003</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>1.6.0</td> | |||
<td>18 December 2003</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
</table> | |||
</answer> | |||
</faq> | |||
@@ -9,46 +9,24 @@ | |||
<body> | |||
<section name="Ant 1.6beta3"> | |||
<p>Apache Ant 1.6beta3 is now available for <a | |||
href="http://cvs.apache.org/dist/ant/v1.6beta3/">download</a>. As | |||
<section name="Ant 1.6.0"> | |||
<p>Apache Ant 1.6.0 is now available for <a | |||
href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">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 | |||
<p>Ant 1.6.0 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> | |||
</section> | |||
<section name="Ant 1.5.4"> | |||
<p>Apache Ant 1.5.4 is now available for | |||
<a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">download</a>. | |||
</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> | |||
</section> | |||
<section name="Apache Ant"> | |||
<p> | |||
@@ -100,7 +78,7 @@ on. | |||
<section name="Documentation"> | |||
<p> | |||
You can view the documentation for the current release (Apache Ant 1.5.4) | |||
You can view the documentation for the current release (Apache Ant 1.6.0) | |||
<a href="manual/index.html">online</a> | |||
</p> | |||