diff --git a/manual/Tasks/ear.html b/manual/Tasks/ear.html index 8396c6aad..9afc0711e 100644 --- a/manual/Tasks/ear.html +++ b/manual/Tasks/ear.html @@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ attribute to a value other than its default, add.

index whether to create an index list to speed up classloading. This is a JDK 1.3+ specific feature. - Unless you specify additional jars with + target="_top">index list to speed up classloading. Unless you specify additional jars with nested indexjars elements, only the contents of this jar will be included in the index. No; defaults to false diff --git a/manual/Tasks/exec.html b/manual/Tasks/exec.html index 1d2eba242..b298a65ec 100644 --- a/manual/Tasks/exec.html +++ b/manual/Tasks/exec.html @@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ executed exactly as specified inside a temporary DCL script. This has some impl an @-sign (e.g. executable=@[FOO]BAR.COM), just as you would in a DCL script -

For <exec> to work in an environment with a JVM older than version 1.4.1-2 it -is also required that the logical JAVA$FORK_SUPPORT_CHDIR is set -to TRUE in the job table (see the JDK Release Notes).

Please note that JVM provided by HP doesn't follow OpenVMS' conventions of exit codes. If you run a JVM with this task, the task may falsely claim that an error occurred (or silently ignore an diff --git a/manual/Tasks/jar.html b/manual/Tasks/jar.html index 9db18f309..555dab9a5 100644 --- a/manual/Tasks/jar.html +++ b/manual/Tasks/jar.html @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ e.g. decreasing the size by deleting 'same' classes from the versions-branches, index whether to create an index list to speed up classloading. This is a JDK 1.3+ specific feature. + target="_top">index list to speed up classloading. Unless you specify additional jars with nested indexjars elements, only the contents of this jar will be included in the index. No; defaults to false @@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ Sealed: false

Service Provider

The following shows how to create a jar file specifying a service with an implementation of the -JDK 6 scripting interface:

+scripting interface:

 <jar destfile="pinky.jar">
     <fileset dir="build/classes"/>
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ JDK 6 scripting interface:

 </jar>

The following shows how to create a jar file specifying a service with two implementations of the -JDK 6 scripting interface:

+scripting interface:

 <jar destfile="pinkyandbrain.jar">
     <fileset dir="classes"/>
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/javac.html b/manual/Tasks/javac.html
index 30cf3b7cc..ac770a2fe 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/javac.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/javac.html
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ for either the build.compiler property or the compiler a
   
  • sj (Symantec Java compiler) – symantec can be used as an alias.
    • 
   
  • extJavac (run either modern or classic in a JVM of its own).
    • 
 
-
    The default is javac1.x with x depending on the JDK version you use while you are
+
    The default is javacX with X depending on the JDK version you use while you are
 running Ant.  If you wish to use a different compiler interface than those supplied, you can write a
 class that implements the CompilerAdapter interface
 (package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.compilers). Supply the full classname in
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ it passes to the compiler.
    
 locks up the files present in the classpath of the <javac> task, and does not
 release them.  The side effect of this is that you will not be able to delete or move those files
 later on in the build.  The workaround is to fork when invoking the compiler.
    
-
    If you are using Java 8 or above and your source contains native methods or fields annotated with
+
    If your source contains native methods or fields annotated with
 the @Native annotation you can set the nativeheaderdir attribute in order to
 use the -h switch of javac to generate the native header files. Note that
 the logic Ant uses to determine which files to compile does not take native headers into account,
@@ -404,14 +404,14 @@ file will not get compiled even if a native header file generated for it would b
   
     nativeheaderdir
     Specify where to place generated native header files.  Since Ant 1.9.8.
-    No, ignored when running on JDK 7 or earlier
+    No, ignored when compiling on JDK 7 or earlier
   
   
     release
     Specify the value for the --release switch.
    When set and running on JDK 9+
       the source and target attributes as well as the bootclasspath
       will be ignored.  Since Ant 1.9.8.
-    No, ignored when running on JDK 8 or earlier
+    No, ignored when compiling on JDK 8 or earlier
   
 
 
@@ -591,10 +591,6 @@ log, that these settings are fix.
    
        fork="true"
        taskname="javac1.4"/>
    -

    Note: If you are using Ant on Windows and a new DOS window pops up for every use -of an external compiler, this may be a problem of the JDK you are using. This problem may occur -with all JDKs prior to 1.2.

    -

    If you want to activate other compiler options like lint you could use the <compilerarg> element:

    diff --git a/manual/Tasks/javadoc.html b/manual/Tasks/javadoc.html
index 452233cd6..83987d884 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/javadoc.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/javadoc.html
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ listed in packagelist are not checked, so the task performs even if s
 missing or broken. Use this option if you wish to convert from an existing makefile. Once things are
 running you should then switch to the regular notation.
    
 
-
    In the table below, 1.2 means available if your current JVM is exactly of version 1.2 (not 1.3 or
-later), 1.4+ for any JVM of at least version 1.4, otherwise any JVM of at least version 1.2 is
-acceptable. JDKs prior to 1.4 are no longer supported.  If you specify
-the executable attribute it is up to you to ensure that this command supports the
-attributes you wish to use.
    
-
 
    Note: When generating the JavaDocs for classes which contains annotations you
 maybe get a java.lang.ClassCastException:
 com.sun.tools.javadoc.ClassDocImpl.  This is
@@ -82,13 +76,11 @@ with the exclude patterns of the packageset (and vice ve
   
     Attribute
     Description
-    Availability on Java
     Required
   
   
     sourcepath
     Specify where to find source files
-    all
     At least one of the four or
       nested <sourcepath>, <fileset>,
       module or <packageset>
@@ -97,62 +89,52 @@ with the exclude patterns of the packageset (and vice ve
     sourcepathref
     Specify where to find source files by reference to a
       sourcepath defined elsewhere.
-    all
   
   
     sourcefiles
     Comma separated list of source files—see also the nested source
       element.
-    all
   
   
     modulenames
     Comma separated list of module names -- see also
     the nested module element. since Ant 1.10.6
-    all
   
   
     destdir
     Destination directory for output files
-    all
     Yes, unless a doclet has been specified.
   
   
     maxmemory
     Max amount of memory to allocate to the javadoc JVM
-    all
     No
   
   
     packagenames
     Comma separated list of package files (with terminating wildcard)—see also the
       nested package element.
-    all
     No
   
   
     packageList
     The name of a file containing the packages to process
-    all
     No
   
   
     classpath
     Specify where to find user class files
-    all
     No
   
   
     Bootclasspath
     Override location of class files loaded by the bootstrap class loader
-    all
     No
   
   
     classpathref
     Specify where to find user class files by reference
       to a classpath defined elsewhere.
-    all
     No
   
   
@@ -160,136 +142,114 @@ with the exclude patterns of the packageset (and vice ve
     Override location of class files loaded by the bootstrap class loader
       by reference to a bootclasspath defined
       elsewhere.
-    all
     No
   
   
     Extdirs
     Override location of installed extensions
-    all
     No
   
   
     Overview
     Read overview documentation from HTML file
-    all
     No
   
   
     access
     Access mode: one of public, protected, package, or private
-    all
     No; default is protected
   
   
     Public
     Show only public classes and members
-    all
     No
   
   
     Protected
     Show protected/public classes and members (default)
-    all
     No
   
   
     Package
     Show package/protected/public classes and members
-    all
     No
   
   
     Private
     Show all classes and members
-    all
     No
   
   
     Old
-    Generate output using JDK 1.1 emulating doclet.
    Note: Since Ant
-      1.8.0 this attribute has no effect because javadoc of Java 1.4 and later
-      does not support the -1.1 switch anymore.
-    1.2
+    Generate output using JDK 1.1 emulating doclet.
    Note:
+      This attribute has no effect unless you're using an pre jdk 1.4 external javadoc 
+   
     No
   
   
     Verbose
     Output messages about what javadoc is doing
-    all
     No
   
   
     Locale
     Locale to be used, e.g. en_US or en_US_WIN
-    all
     No
   
   
     Encoding
     Source file encoding name
-    all
     No
   
   
     Version
     Include @version paragraphs
-    all
     No
   
   
     Use
     Create class and package usage pages
-    all
     No
   
   
     Author
     Include @author paragraphs
-    all
     No
   
   
     Splitindex
     Split index into one file per letter
-    all
     No
   
   
     Windowtitle
     Browser window title for the documentation (text)
-    all
     No
   
   
     Doctitle
     Include title for the package index (first) page (HTML code)
-    all
     No
   
   
     Header
     Include header text for each page (HTML code)
-    all
     No
   
   
     Footer
     Include footer text for each page (HTML code)
-    all
     No
   
   
     bottom
     Include bottom text for each page (HTML code)
-    all
     No
   
   
     link
     Create links to javadoc output at the given URL—see also the
       nested link element.
-    all
     No
   
   
@@ -298,7 +258,6 @@ with the exclude patterns of the packageset (and vice ve
       at alt-url by specifying a
       value url alt-url (space as separator). A shorthand for the
       nested link element with offline=true.
-    all
     No
   
   
@@ -306,94 +265,79 @@ with the exclude patterns of the packageset (and vice ve
     Group specified packages together in overview page.  The format is as
       described below—see also the nested group
       element.
-    all
     No
   
   
     nodeprecated
     Do not include @deprecated information
-    all
     No
   
   
     nodeprecatedlist
     Do not generate deprecated list
-    all
     No
   
   
     notree
     Do not generate class hierarchy
-    all
     No
   
   
     noindex
     Do not generate index
-    all
     No
   
   
     nohelp
     Do not generate help link
-    all
     No
   
   
     nonavbar
     Do not generate navigation bar
-    all
     No
   
   
     serialwarn
     Generate warning about @serial tag
-    all
     No
   
   
     helpfile
     Specifies the HTML help file to use
-    all
     No
   
   
     stylesheetfile
     Specifies the CSS stylesheet to use
-    all
     No
   
   
     charset
     Charset for cross-platform viewing of generated documentation
-    all
     No
   
   
     docencoding
     Output file encoding name
-    all
     No
   
   
     doclet
     Specifies the class file that starts the doclet used in generating the
       documentation—see also the nested doclet element.
-    all
     No
   
   
     docletpath
     Specifies the path to the doclet class file that is specified with the -doclet
       option.
-    all
     No
   
   
     docletpathref
     Specifies the path to the doclet class file that is specified with the -doclet
       option by reference to a path defined elsewhere.
-    all
     No
   
   
@@ -401,33 +345,28 @@ with the exclude patterns of the packageset (and vice ve
     Lets you add additional parameters to the javadoc command line. Useful for
       doclets. Parameters containing spaces need to be quoted using &quot;—see also the
       nested arg element.
-    all
     No
   
   
     failonerror
     Stop the build process if the command exits with a return code other than 0.
-    all
     No
   
   
     failonwarning
     Stop the build process if a warning is emitted—i.e. if javadoc's output
       contains the word warning.  since Ant 1.9.4
-    all
     No
   
   
     excludepackagenames
     comma separated list of packages you don't want docs for—see also the
       nested excludepackage element.
-    all
     No
   
   
     defaultexcludes
     indicates whether default excludes should be used (yes|no).
-    all
     No; defaults to yes
   
   
@@ -440,62 +379,54 @@ with the exclude patterns of the packageset (and vice ve
       If enabled, the file will be written to
       the temporary
       directory.
-    all
     No; default is no
   
   
     source
     Enable javadoc to handle Java language features.  Set this to 1.4 to
       document code that compiles using javac -source 1.4, etc.
-    1.4+
     No; default can be provided using the magic
     ant.build.javac.source property.
   
   
     linksource
     Generate hyperlinks to source files.  since Ant 1.6.  (yes|no).
-    1.4+
     No; default is no
   
   
     breakiterator
     Use the new break iterator algorithm.  since Ant 1.6.  (yes|no).
-    1.4+
     No; default is no
   
   
     noqualifier
     Enables the -noqualifier argument—must be all or a colon separated
       list of packages.  since Ant 1.6.
-    1.4+
     No
   
   
     includenosourcepackages
     If set to true, packages that don't contain Java source but
       a package.html will get documented as well.  since Ant 1.6.3.
-    all
     No; default is false
   
   
     executable
     Specify a particular javadoc executable to use in place of the default binary
-      (found in the same JDK as Ant is running in).  since Ant 1.6.3.
-    all
+      (found in the same JDK as Ant is running in).  since Ant 1.6.3. Note:
+      It is up to you to ensure that this command supports the attributes you wish to use.
     No
   
   
     docfilessubdirs
     Enables deep-copying of doc-files subdirectories. since Ant
       1.8.0.
-    1.4
     No; defaults to false
   
   
     excludedocfilessubdir
     Colon-separated list of doc-files subdirectories to exclude
       if docfilessubdirs is true. since Ant 1.8.0.
-    1.4
     No
   
   
@@ -506,14 +437,12 @@ with the exclude patterns of the packageset (and vice ve
       (details).  When this flag is set to true, Ant will check whether the
       docs are vulnerable and will try to fix them.
-    1.4
     No; defaults to true
   
   
     modulesourcepath
     Specify where to find module source files
       since Ant 1.10.6
-    all
     No
   
   
@@ -521,14 +450,12 @@ with the exclude patterns of the packageset (and vice ve
     Specify where to find module source files by reference to a PATH defined elsewhere.
       since Ant 1.10.6
-    all
     No
   
   
     modulepath
     Specify where to find module files
       since Ant 1.10.6
-    all
     No
   
   
@@ -536,7 +463,6 @@ with the exclude patterns of the packageset (and vice ve
     Specify where to find module files by reference to a PATH defined elsewhere.
       since Ant 1.10.6
-    all
     No
   
 
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/javah.html b/manual/Tasks/javah.html
index bc92bf920..ce652aaa1 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/javah.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/javah.html
@@ -28,11 +28,7 @@
 
    Description
    
 
    Generates JNI headers from a Java class.
    
 
    When this task executes, it will generate the C header and source files that are needed to
-implement native methods. JNI operates differently depending on
-whether JDK 1.2+
-or pre-1.2 JDK systems are used.
    
+implement native methods.
 
 
    If you are building with Java 8 or above consider
 using javac's nativeheaderdir attribute instead
@@ -86,13 +82,15 @@ done is breaking the amount of classes to compile into smaller chunks.
    
   
   
     force
-    specifies that output files should always be written (JDK 1.2 only)
+    specifies that output files should always be written 
+    (only when using an external javah of JDK 1.2)
     No
   
   
     old
     specifies that old JDK 1.0-style header files should be generated (otherwise output file
-      contain JNI-style native method function prototypes) (JDK 1.2 only)
+      contain JNI-style native method function prototypes) 
+      (only when using an external javah of JDK 1.2)
     No
   
   
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/junitreport.html b/manual/Tasks/junitreport.html
index ce027d601..27448e402 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/junitreport.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/junitreport.html
@@ -33,26 +33,6 @@ results.
    
 distribution. See Library Dependencies for more
 information.
    
 
-
    Requirements
    
-
-
    The task needs Apache Xalan 2.4.1+ or
-Xalan XSLTC (JDK 1.4 contains a version of Xalan 2.x, while JDK 1.5 ships with a version of
-XSLTC). JDK 1.4.2-01 and later ships with a bundled Xalan 2.4.1+, meaning that JDKs prior to version
-1.4.2-01 won't work out of the box. The table below summarize the compatibility status.
    
-
-
-
-
-
-
    XalanSun JDK BundleStatus
    2.4.1+JDK 1.4.2-01+OK
    XSLTCJDK 1.5.xOK
    2.xJDK 1.4.xDeprecated,
-use ${ant.home}/etc/junit-frames-xalan1.xsl
    Upgrade Xalan using the JDK endorsement
-mechanism
    
-
-
    In Ant 1.6.2, we had to decide between supporting Xalan 1/Xalan 2.4.1- and Xalan 2.4.1+/XSLTC,
-because there was no way to support both couples at the same time.
    
-
    Since Ant 1.7, we dropped support for Xalan 1, because Xalan 1 was not available anymore
-for quite some time.
    
-
 
    Parameters
    
 
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/script.html b/manual/Tasks/script.html
index 32c2a91c7..94c818747 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/script.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/script.html
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ target="_top">JSR 223 supported language.
 
    Note: This task depends on external libraries not included in the Apache Ant
 distribution.  See Library Dependencies for more
 information.
    
-
    The task may use the BSF scripting manager or the JSR 223 manager that is included in JDK 6 and
-higher. This is controlled by the manager attribute. The JSR 223 scripting manager is
+
    The task may use the BSF scripting manager or the JSR 223 manager that is included in the JDK.
+This is controlled by the manager attribute. The JSR 223 scripting manager is
 indicated by javax.
    All items (tasks, targets, etc) of the running project are accessible from the script, using
 either their name or id attributes (as long as their names are considered
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ In particular all targets should have different location values.
    
       values: auto, bsf or javax.
       
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/splash.html b/manual/Tasks/splash.html
index 6b54470e5..54945851a 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/splash.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/splash.html
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ that makes it clear to readers of the build exactly what is going on.
    
-    
+    
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/style.html b/manual/Tasks/style.html
index 2ae47a1b2..9f0a16c68 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/style.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/style.html
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@
 
    Description
    Process a set of documents via XSLT.
    This is useful for building views of XML based documentation, or for generating code.
    
-
    Note: If you are using JDK 1.4 or higher, this task does not require external
-libraries not supplied in the Apache Ant distribution. However, often the built in XSL engine is not
-as up to date as a fresh download, so an update is still highly recommended in particular since the
-built-in XSLT processors of Java 5 (and to a certain extent Java 6) are known to have serious
-issues.  See Library Dependencies for more
-information.
    It is possible to refine the set of files that are being processed. This can be done with
 the includes, includesfile, excludes, excludesfile
 and defaultexcludes attributes. With the includes or includesfile
diff --git a/manual/Types/mapper.html b/manual/Types/mapper.html
index 67f33adf7..4e8fba542 100644
--- a/manual/Types/mapper.html
+++ b/manual/Types/mapper.html
@@ -338,13 +338,6 @@ case).
    Note that you need to escape a dollar-sign ($) with another dollar-sign in Ant.
    
 
-
    The regexp mapper needs a supporting library and an implementation
-of org.apache.tools.ant.util.regexp.RegexpMatcher that hides the specifics
-of the library. Since Ant 1.8.0, Java 1.4 or later is required, so the implementation based
-on the java.util.regex package is always be available.  You can still use
-the now retired Jakarta ORO or Jakarta Regex instead if your provide the corresponding jar in
-your CLASSPATH.
    
-
 
    For information about using gnu.regexp or gnu.rex
 with Ant, see this
@@ -364,7 +357,7 @@ in a nested <classpath>.
  • If the system property ant.regexp.matcherimpl has been set, it is taken as the name
 of the class implementing org.apache.tools.ant.util.regexp.RegexpMatcher
 that should be used.
    • 
-
  • If it has not been set, uses the JDK 1.4 classes.
    • 
+
  • If it has not been set, uses the default from the java.util.regex package.
    • Examples
    
diff --git a/manual/Types/regexp.html b/manual/Types/regexp.html
index 3e06574b0..3b661e8e1 100644
--- a/manual/Types/regexp.html
+++ b/manual/Types/regexp.html
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Regexp represents a regular expression.
 
    Choice of regular expression implementation
    Apache Ant comes with wrappers for
 the java.util.regex
+target="_top">java.util.regex
 package, jakarta-regexp and jakarta-ORO, see installation
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ you rely on it.
    We used to recommend that you use Jakarta ORO but since its development has been retired
diff --git a/manual/develop.html b/manual/develop.html
index 33cc48df0..5f738fcc8 100644
--- a/manual/develop.html
+++ b/manual/develop.html
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ is
    
     inner AddAsisRemove class used in setCr for
     an example.
 
-  
  • A (Java 5) enumeration, Ant will call the setter with the enum constant matching the value
+  
  • An enumeration, Ant will call the setter with the enum constant matching the value
     given in the build file. This is easier than using EnumeratedAttribute
-    and can result in cleaner code, but of course your task will not run on JDK 1.4 or earlier. Note
+    and can result in cleaner code. Note
     that any override of toString() in the enumeration is ignored; the
     build file must use the declared name (see Enum.getName()). You may wish to use
     lowercase enum constant names, in contrast to usual Java style, to look better in build
diff --git a/manual/install.html b/manual/install.html
index 3984bee36..11a184e61 100644
--- a/manual/install.html
+++ b/manual/install.html
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ The more up-to-date the version of Java, the more Ant tasks you get.
 
    
 
    
   Note:
+    Ant 1.10.* works with JDK 8 and higher,
     Ant 1.9.* works with JDK 1.5 and higher, Ant 1.8.* works with JDK 1.4 and higher, Ant 1.7.* works with JDK 1.3 and higher,
     Ant 1.6.* works with JDK 1.2 and higher, Ant 1.2 to Ant 1.5.* work with JDK 1.1 and higher.
 
    
@@ -573,19 +574,19 @@ have to spend much time configuring the JVM properties until they are happy.
 
    Assume Ant is installed in c:\ant\. The following sets up the
 environment:
    
 
    set ANT_HOME=c:\ant
-set JAVA_HOME=c:\jdk1.7.0_51
+set JAVA_HOME=c:\jdk11.0.8_10
 set PATH=%PATH%;%ANT_HOME%\bin
    
 
 
    Linux/Unix (bash)
    
 
    Assume Ant is installed in /usr/local/ant. The following sets up
 the environment:
    
 
    export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/ant
-export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk1.7.0_51
+export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk-11.0.8+10
 export PATH=${PATH}:${ANT_HOME}/bin
    
 
 
    Linux/Unix (csh)
    
 
    setenv ANT_HOME /usr/local/ant
-setenv JAVA_HOME /usr/local/jdk/jdk1.7.0_51
+setenv JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk-11.0.8+10
 set path=( $path $ANT_HOME/bin )
    
 
 
    
@@ -777,14 +778,14 @@ these tasks available. Please refer to the Installing A
   
    • 
+      java.util.regex)
     
+      java.util.regex) or ftp task with commons-net 1.4.1
     
diff --git a/manual/platform.html b/manual/platform.html
index 59c86c1b3..cfa42b148 100644
--- a/manual/platform.html
+++ b/manual/platform.html
@@ -128,44 +128,6 @@ MacOS X a.k.a. macOS is the first of the Apple platforms that Ant supports compl
 like any other Unix.
 
    
 
-
    Novell Netware
    
-
    
-To give the same level of sophisticated control as Ant's startup scripts on other platforms, it was
-decided to make the main ant startup on NetWare be via a Perl Script, runant.pl.  This
-is found in the bin directory (for instance—bootstrap\bin
-or dist\bin).
-
    
-
-
    One important item of note is that you need to set up the following to run Ant:
    
-
-
    It is suggested that you create up an ant.ncf that sets up these parameters, and
-calls perl ANT_HOME/dist/bin/runant.pl
    
-
    The following is an example of such an NCF file (assuming Ant is installed
-in sys:/apache-ant/):
    
-
    -envset CLASSPATH=sys:/apache-ant/bootstrap/lib/ant.jar
-envset CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH;sys:/apache-ant/lib/optional/junit.jar
-envset CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH;sys:/apache-ant/bootstrap/lib/optional.jar
-
-setenv ANT_OPTS=-envCWD=sys:/apache-ant
-envset ANT_OPTS=-envCWD=sys:/apache-ant
-setenv ANT_HOME=sys:/apache-ant/dist/lib
-envset ANT_HOME=sys:/apache-ant/dist/lib
-
-perl sys:/apache-ant/dist/bin/runant.pl
    
-
-
    Ant works on JVM version 1.3 or higher.  You may have some luck running it on JVM 1.2, but
-serious problems have been found running Ant on JVM 1.1.7B.  These problems are caused by JVM bugs
-that will not be fixed.
    
-
    JVM 1.3 is supported on Novell NetWare versions 5.1 and higher.
    
-
 
    Other platforms
    
 
    
 Support for other platforms is not guaranteed to be complete, as certain techniques to hide platform
diff --git a/manual/running.html b/manual/running.html
index d451b08cc..7248cd11a 100644
--- a/manual/running.html
+++ b/manual/running.html
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ And I filtered out the getPropertyHelper access.
    
     
-  
diff --git a/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html b/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html
index dc244f470..6e4d3968b 100644
--- a/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html
+++ b/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html
@@ -239,8 +239,7 @@ BUILD SUCCESSFUL
 API—customizable to a high degree (including switching off during usual life (= not development) execution). We
 use Log4J for that, because
    
 
diff --git a/manual/tutorial-tasks-filesets-properties.html b/manual/tutorial-tasks-filesets-properties.html
index b9892ff1f..b116f127b 100644
--- a/manual/tutorial-tasks-filesets-properties.html
+++ b/manual/tutorial-tasks-filesets-properties.html
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ After that it prints out the result (e.g. <samp>C:/ant-1.5.4/bin/ant.jar;C
 
  • is the right package used?
    • 
 
  • does the code conform to the styleguide?
    • 
 
  • do all tests pass?
    • 
-
  • does the code compile on JDK 5 (and passes all tests there)?
    • 
+
  • does the code compile on the minimal and current JDK for the Ant distribution (and passes all tests there)?
    • 
 
  • code under Apache license
    • 
 
  • create a patch file
    • 
 
  • publishing that patch file
    • 
@@ -671,12 +671,12 @@ additional information on that.
    
 
  • Java file begins with Apache license statement. must do that
    • 
 
  • Task does not depend on GPL or LGPL code. ok
    • 
 
  • Source code complies with style guidelines have to check (checkstyle)
    • 
-
  • Code compiles and runs on Java 5 have to try
    • 
+
  • Code compiles and runs on minimal support java version have to try
    • 
 
  • Member variables are private, and provide public accessor methods if access is actually needed. have to
 check (checkstyle)
    • 
 
  • Maybe Task has failonerror attribute to control failure
 behaviour hasn't
    • 
-
  • New test cases written and succeed passed on JDK 8, have to try on JDK 5
    • 
+
  • New test cases written and succeed passed on newest jdk version, have to try on oldest supported jdk version
    • 
 
  • Documentation page written ok
    • 
 
  • Example task declarations in the documentation tested. ok (used in tests)
    • 
 
  • Message to dev contains [SUBMIT] and task name in subject to do
    • 
@@ -764,9 +764,10 @@ after git clone (without our modifications).
    
 
    Apache license statement
    
 
    Simply copy the license text from one the other source from the Ant source tree.
    
 
-
    Test on JDK 5
    
-
    Ant 1.10 uses Java 8 for development, but Ant 1.9 is actively maintained, too.  That means that Ant code must be able
-to run on a JDK 5. So we have to test that. You can download older JDKs
+
    Test on the minimal JDK version
    
+
    Ant 1.10 uses Java 8 for development, but Ant 1.9 is actively maintained, too. That means that updates to Ant code 
+present in Ant 1.9 must be able to run on a JDK 5. (It is fine to address only ant 1.10 and above for new teasks.)
+So we have to test that. You can download older JDKs
 from Oracle [8].
    
 
 
    Clean the ANT_HOME variable, delete the build, bootstrap and dist

    
   
    
 
   
    
   
    
     useproxyUse a proxy to access imgurl.
    Note: Only tested on JDK 1.2.2 and above    		Use a proxy to access imgurl.
     No
   
    
   
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
     jakarta-regexp-1.4.jar
     regexp type with mappers (if you do not wish to use
-      java.util.regex)https://attic.apache.org/projects/jakarta-regexp.html
   
    
   
    
     jakarta-oro-2.0.8.jar
     regexp type with mappers (if you do not wish to use
-      java.util.regex) or ftp task with commons-net 1.4.1https://attic.apache.org/projects/jakarta-oro.html
   
    
   ant.regexp.regexpimpl
   classnameclassname for a RegExp implementation; by default, JDK 1.4+
+  classname for a RegExp implementation; by default the java.util.regex
   implementation; RegExp
   Mapper "Choice of regular expression implementation".