From ant-dev-return-35526-qmlist-jakarta-archive-ant-dev=jakarta.apache.org@jakarta.apache.org Thu Jul 11 14:53:46 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-dev-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 77388 invoked from network); 11 Jul 2002 14:53:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 11 Jul 2002 14:53:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 28885 invoked by uid 97); 11 Jul 2002 14:53:57 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 28834 invoked by uid 97); 11 Jul 2002 14:53:56 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ant-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Ant Developers List" Reply-To: "Ant Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 28822 invoked by uid 98); 11 Jul 2002 14:53:56 -0000 X-Antivirus: nagoya (v4198 created Apr 24 2002) Message-ID: <36E996B162DAD111B6AF0000F879AD1A010F15@nts_par1.paranor.ch> From: "Wannheden, Knut" To: 'Ant Developers List' Subject: RE: Death of a mutant ... Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 16:38:33 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C228E8.A4848B4E" X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N ------_=_NextPart_001_01C228E8.A4848B4E Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" As for Java2 and collections: Have you considered going the same way as the JDOM project, which requires Java1.1 users to download the collection.jar from Sun (http://java.sun.com/beans/infobus/#collections)? Of course there are other things in Java2 which would be useful in Ant, but it could be used to make the transition. How many users are there working in Java1.1 environment anyway? -- knut > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Hatcher [mailto:jakarta-ant@ehatchersolutions.com] > Sent: Donnerstag, 11. Juli 2002 12:56 > To: Ant Developers List > Subject: Re: Death of a mutant ... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stefan Bodewig" > > > > Improving Ant on the current codebase is not impossible, and it > > > seems many people believe this is the way to go. > > > > Are you sure you have your numbers straight? Let me count, > Costin and > > myself (and I wouldn't even cast a -1) on the one side and > Jon, Erik, > > Peter, Adam, Magesh, Diane and you on the other. > > I'm mostly on the fence still. Although I do believe > strongly that API > breaks need to be made for us to keep our sanity and not have > to worry so > strongly about backwards compatibility but rather forward thinking and > progress. I have no need for anything but Java2, so I'd love > to see us use > the Collections API more rather than Vector, etc. So big > changes need to be > made to get to a better place. Ant1.x build files can always > be supported > at the worst case by launching a 1.x version of Ant, so no > matter how much > the API and architecture changes we can support older build files. > > I would like to see the Mutant code and would say that I > probably lean more > towards the Mutant side of things in my current thinking for > several various > reasons - but I have not looked deep into Myrmidon either, so > its mostly a > gut-feel assessment. > > Please at least put a .zip of the Mutant code back in CVS so > we can all get > to it in our free time and have a look. Pretty please?! :) > > Conor, thanks for all your hard work and dedication. I'm sad > to see you > step back. > > Erik > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: ------_=_NextPart_001_01C228E8.A4848B4E--