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Ant Needs a Logo

> Ant still doesn't have a Logo, but it sure deserves one. We've put together a page with proposed logos, please take a look at them and tell us what you think. If you have a nice logo idea yourself, just submit it to the mailing lists.

Ant 2.0 Requirements Collected - Next is Design

> A commented version of the collected user requirements is now available here - 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.

> 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.

Best-Practices Profile of Ant at Sun's Dot-Com Builder

> Sun has released an introductory article on Ant on their Dot-Com Builder site on May 30 2001. See http://dcb.sun.com/practices/profiles/ant.jsp

Ant 2.0 Requirements

> 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.

> 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:

> - Define the "contract" with build file writers to which Ant will be bound.
> - Define the "contract" between the Ant core and Task writers.
> - Make Ant more easily extendable by allowing additional tasks to be "dropped" in.
> - Allow Ant to function as a component to simplify integration with GUIs and IDEs.
> - Make Ant more regular and logical.
> 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.

> 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 on-line. 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.

> For your reference some of the goals which have shaped the development of Ant 1.x are available here. These continue to be relevant to Ant 2.0.

> If you want to shape the future of Ant, join the Ant-Dev mailing list and contribute your ideas.

Ant 1.3 Released

> Ant 1.3 has been released after going through three betas. Thanks to everyone who took the time to test the beta and report bugs and enhancements.

> You can download the release from here. Both source and binary releases are available in zip, tarball and RPM formats.

> Please report all bugs using the Apache Bugzilla

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