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  163. <a name="Ant 1.5.3 Beta 1"></a>
  164. Ant 1.5.3 Beta 1
  165. </h3>
  166. <h3>March 25, 2003 - Ant 1.5.3 Beta 1 Available</h3>
  167. <p>Apache Ant 1.5.3 Beta 1 is now available for
  168. <a href="http://ant.apache.org/beta/">download</a>.
  169. Please download it and try it out. If you have any issues
  170. please raise a bug on
  171. <a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Ant">BugZilla</a>
  172. or send an email to the Ant dev mailing list
  173. </p>
  174. <h3 class="section">
  175. <a name="Ant 1.5.2"></a>
  176. Ant 1.5.2
  177. </h3>
  178. <h3>March 3, 2003 - Ant 1.5.2 Available!</h3>
  179. <p>The final version of Ant 1.5.2 is now available for
  180. <a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">download</a>.
  181. If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the
  182. discussion on the dev and user mailing lists.
  183. </p>
  184. <h3 class="section">
  185. <a name="Ant 1.5.2Beta1"></a>
  186. Ant 1.5.2Beta1
  187. </h3>
  188. <h3>February 21, 2003 - Ant 1.5.2 Beta1 Available!</h3>
  189. <p>The first beta version of Ant 1.5.2 is now available for
  190. download at <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/v1.5.2beta1/">
  191. http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/v1.5.2beta1</a>.
  192. If you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the
  193. discussion on the dev and user mailing lists.
  194. </p>
  195. <h3 class="section">
  196. <a name="Ant Top Level Project"></a>
  197. Ant Top Level Project
  198. </h3>
  199. <h3>November 18, 2002</h3>
  200. <p>The Apache board <a href="mission.html">created</a>
  201. the Apache Ant top level project. Ant has now migrated from the Jakarta
  202. project into an Apache project of its own. This is primarily an
  203. organizational change and will not affect the technical aspects of
  204. the project. Ant retains a strong association with the Apache
  205. Jakarta project. One effect of this change is that the Ant webpage
  206. is now located at <a href="http://ant.apache.org">http://ant.apache.org</a>
  207. </p>
  208. <h3 class="section">
  209. <a name="Ant 1.5.1"></a>
  210. Ant 1.5.1
  211. </h3>
  212. <h3>October 3, 2002 - Ant 1.5.1 Available !</h3>
  213. <p>The final version of Ant 1.5.1 is now available for
  214. <a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">
  215. download</a>. If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the
  216. discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists.
  217. </p>
  218. <h3 class="section">
  219. <a name="Ant 1.5.1Beta1"></a>
  220. Ant 1.5.1Beta1
  221. </h3>
  222. <h3>August 19, 2002 - Ant 1.5.1 Beta1 Available !</h3>
  223. <p>The first beta version of Ant 1.5.1 is now available for
  224. download. If you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the
  225. discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists.
  226. </p>
  227. <h3 class="section">
  228. <a name="Ant 1.5"></a>
  229. Ant 1.5
  230. </h3>
  231. <h3>July 15, 2002 - Fix for Cygwin problem in wrapper script available</h3>
  232. <p>The wrapper script of Ant 1.5 needs to be replaced with a new
  233. version for Cygwin users. See the <a href="faq.html#1.5-cygwin-sh">FAQ</a> for details.</p>
  234. <h3>July 10, 2002 - Ant 1.5 Released!</h3>
  235. <p>The final version of Ant 1.5 is now available for
  236. <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-ant/release/v1.5/">
  237. download</a>. If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the
  238. discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists.
  239. </p>
  240. <h3 class="section">
  241. <a name="Ant 1.5Beta3"></a>
  242. Ant 1.5Beta3
  243. </h3>
  244. <h3>June 24, 2002 - Ant 1.5 Beta3 Available!</h3>
  245. <p>The third beta version of Ant 1.5 is now available for
  246. download. If you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the
  247. discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists.
  248. </p>
  249. <h3 class="section">
  250. <a name="Ant 1.5Beta2"></a>
  251. Ant 1.5Beta2
  252. </h3>
  253. <h3>June 1, 2002 - Ant 1.5 Beta2 Available!</h3>
  254. <p>The second beta version of Ant 1.5 is now available for
  255. download. If you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the
  256. discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists.
  257. </p>
  258. <h3 class="section">
  259. <a name="Ant 1.5Beta1"></a>
  260. Ant 1.5Beta1
  261. </h3>
  262. <h3>Ant 1.5 Beta1 Available !</h3>
  263. <p>The first beta version of Ant 1.5 is now available for
  264. download. If you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the
  265. discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists.
  266. </p>
  267. <h3 class="section">
  268. <a name="Ant wins again!"></a>
  269. Ant wins again!
  270. </h3>
  271. <h3>Apr 29, 2002: Ant wins <em>Software Development</em> magazine's
  272. 2002 Productivity Award.</h3>
  273. <p>
  274. <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com"><img src="images/sdm_productivity_award.gif" alt="" border="0" height="75" width="135" align="right" /></a>
  275. Ant has been awarded a <strong>2002 Productivity Award</strong> by
  276. <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/"><em>Software Development</em></a>
  277. magazine. Read the
  278. <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/jolts/press_release_4-26-02.htm">
  279. press release</a> for more information and the full list of winners.
  280. </p>
  281. <h3 class="section">
  282. <a name="Ant has won!"></a>
  283. Ant has won!
  284. </h3>
  285. <h3>Mar 26, 2002: Ant wins the JavaWorld Editors' Choice
  286. Award</h3>
  287. <p>
  288. <a href="http://www.javaworld.com"><img src="images/jw_ec_logo_winner2002.gif" alt="" border="0" height="85" width="230" align="right" /></a>
  289. Ant has won the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award for
  290. <strong>Most Useful Java Community-Developed Technology</strong>.
  291. Read the
  292. <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2002/jw-0326-awards.html "> full article</a> -- or jump directly to the bit about
  293. <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2002/jw-0326-awards-p3.html"> our award</a> <code>:)</code></p>
  294. <h3 class="section">
  295. <a name="Java 1.4 Support"></a>
  296. Java 1.4 Support
  297. </h3>
  298. <h3>Feb 15, 2002: Java 1.4 Support</h3>
  299. <p>
  300. Java 1.4 has now been released by Sun. The latest Ant source supports
  301. the new <tt>assert</tt> statement in the compiler task via the <tt>source</tt>
  302. attribute. It also contains a compatibility fix needed for some ant tasks
  303. on Java 1.4 over Windows XP. If you have problems running Ant 1.4.1 on WinXP/Java 1.4,
  304. please use a recent build or compile your own version from the source tree.
  305. </p>
  306. <h3 class="section">
  307. <a name="See our new logo!"></a>
  308. See our new logo!
  309. </h3>
  310. <h3>Have a look at our new cool logo!</h3>
  311. <h3 class="section">
  312. <a name="Ant 1.4.1"></a>
  313. Ant 1.4.1
  314. </h3>
  315. <h3>11 October 2001 Ant 1.4.1 released !</h3>
  316. <p>Please visit the
  317. <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-ant/release/v1.4.1/">
  318. download area</a>.
  319. </p>
  320. <h3 class="section">
  321. <a name="Ant 2.0 Requirements Collected - Next is Design"></a>
  322. Ant 2.0 Requirements Collected - Next is Design
  323. </h3>
  324. <p>A commented version of the collected user requirements is now
  325. available <a href="ant2/features.html">here</a> - it is not
  326. complete as some details still have to be defined, but it should
  327. give you an idea of what Ant2 is going to look like.</p>
  328. <p>Several details can only be decided in the light of real code
  329. and prototypes. Several people are working on prototypes (that
  330. can be found in Ant's CVS module in the proposals directory) and
  331. discussion is going on on the Ant-Dev mailing list.</p>
  332. <h3 class="section">
  333. <a name="Best-Practices Profile of Ant at Sun's Dot-Com Builder"></a>
  334. Best-Practices Profile of Ant at Sun's Dot-Com Builder
  335. </h3>
  336. <p>Sun has released an introductory article on Ant on their
  337. 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>
  338. <h3 class="section">
  339. <a name="Ant 2.0 Requirements"></a>
  340. Ant 2.0 Requirements
  341. </h3>
  342. <p>Ant has been in use for quite some time and has been used in ways never conceived when it
  343. was originally written. While Ant 1.x has continued to sucessfully evolve and grow, there
  344. are a number of limitations and inconsistencies that are now apparent and which need to
  345. be addressed.
  346. </p>
  347. <p>
  348. As we continue to evolve and enhance Ant 1.x, it is now time to define what Ant 2.0 will
  349. encompass. Ant 2.0 will be a major rearchitecting of Ant. It has a number of goals including:
  350. </p>
  351. <ul>
  352. <li>Define the "contract" with build file writers to which Ant will be bound.</li>
  353. <li>Define the "contract" between the Ant core and Task writers.</li>
  354. <li>Make Ant more easily extendable by allowing additional tasks to be "dropped" in.</li>
  355. <li>Allow Ant to function as a component to simplify integration with GUIs and IDEs.</li>
  356. <li>Make Ant more regular and logical.</li>
  357. </ul>
  358. <p>
  359. It is expected that Ant 2.0 will break Ant 1.x based build files. The intention is to
  360. make this the last time that will happen.
  361. </p>
  362. <p>
  363. To advance the definition of Ant, user requirements are now being accepted on the
  364. Ant-Dev mailing list. Any requirement will be accepted for consideration. The
  365. requirements are being collected into a document which is available
  366. <a href="ant2/requested-features.txt">on-line</a>. New features will be excepted
  367. until March 21st, 2001. At that time, each requirement will be discussed
  368. for inclusion in an Ant 2.0 requirement document.
  369. </p>
  370. <p>
  371. For your reference some of the goals which have shaped the development of Ant 1.x are
  372. available <a href="ant2/original-specification.html">here</a>. These continue to be
  373. relevant to Ant 2.0.
  374. </p>
  375. <p>
  376. If you want to shape the future of Ant, join the
  377. <a href="mail.html">Ant-Dev mailing list</a> and contribute
  378. your ideas.
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