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