Text flow, some typos, uniform way of addressing Bugziall tickets

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@@ -4,47 +4,52 @@ Changes from Ant 1.7.x TO current SVN version
 Changes that could break older environments:
 -------------------------------------------

 * Ant now requires Java 1.4 or later.

 * Improved handling of InterruptException (lets suppose someone/thing is
  trying to kill the thread when we receive an InterruptException),
  when an InterruptException is received, we do not wait anymore in a while
  loop till the end time has been reached. Bugzilla report 42924.

 * Refactor PropertyHelper and introspection APIs to make extension more
  granular and support setting task/type attribute values to objects
  decoded by custom PropertyEvaluator delegates. Also add <propertyhelper>
  task for registering delegates and/or replacing the registered PropertyHelper
  instance.  Bugzilla report 42736.

 * Added a restricted form of typedef called <componentdef>. This allows
  definition of elements that can only be within tasks or types. This
  method is now used to define conditions, selectors and selectors. This
  means that tasks may now have nested conditions just by implementing
  the Condition interface, rather than extending ConditionBase. It also
  means that the use of namespaces for some of the selectors introduced
  in Ant 1.7.0 is no longer necessary.
  Implementing this means that the DynamicElement work-around introduced
  in Ant 1.7.0 has been removed.
  Bugzilla report 40511.

 * In the <touch> task when a <mapper> is used, the millis and datetime
  attributes now override the time of the source resource if provisioned. 
  Bugzilla report 43235.

 * Remove fall-back mechanism for references that are not resolved
  during normal runtime execution.

 * FileUtils.createTempFile now actually creates the file.
  The TempFile task still does not create the file by default, can be instructed
  to do so however using a new parameter.
  Bugzilla report 33969.
 * Ant now requires Java 1.4 or later.

 * Improved handling of InterruptException (lets suppose someone/thing
   is trying to kill the thread when we receive an
   InterruptException), when an InterruptException is received, we do
   not wait anymore in a while loop till the end time has been
   reached.
   Bugzilla Report 42924.

 * Refactor PropertyHelper and introspection APIs to make extension
   more granular and support setting task/type attribute values to
   objects decoded by custom PropertyEvaluator delegates. Also add
   <propertyhelper> task for registering delegates and/or replacing
   the registered PropertyHelper instance.
   Bugzilla Report 42736.

 * Added a restricted form of typedef called <componentdef>. This
   allows definition of elements that can only be within tasks or
   types. This method is now used to define conditions, selectors and
   selectors. This means that tasks may now have nested conditions
   just by implementing the Condition interface, rather than extending
   ConditionBase. It also means that the use of namespaces for some of
   the selectors introduced in Ant 1.7.0 is no longer necessary.
   Implementing this means that the DynamicElement work-around
   introduced in Ant 1.7.0 has been removed.
   Bugzilla Report 40511.

 * In the <touch> task when a <mapper> is used, the millis and
   datetime attributes now override the time of the source resource if
   provisioned.
   Bugzilla Report 43235.

 * Remove fall-back mechanism for references that are not resolved
   during normal runtime execution.

 * FileUtils.createTempFile now actually creates the file.
   The TempFile task still does not create the file by default, can be
   instructed to do so however using a new parameter.
   Bugzilla Report 33969.
  
 * A lock in Project ensured that a BuildListener's messageLogged
  method was only ever executed by a single thread at a time, while
  all other methods could be invoked by multiple threads
  simultaniously (while within <parallel>, for example).  This lock is
  no longer in place, messageLogged should be made thread-safe now.
 * A lock in Project ensured that a BuildListener's messageLogged
   method was only ever executed by a single thread at a time, while
   all other methods could be invoked by multiple threads
   simultaniously (while within <parallel>, for example).  This lock
   is no longer in place, messageLogged should be made thread-safe
   now.

 * <sql>'s onError="stop" no longer fails the build if an error
   occurs,  this is the main difference between stop and error and
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@ Changes that could break older environments:

 * <unzip> will now fail when trying to extract certain broken
   archives that would have been silently ignored in earlier version.
   Bugzilla report 35000.
   Bugzilla Report 35000.

 * Ant's <zip> family of tasks tries to preserve the existing Unix
   permissions when updating archives or copying entries from one
@@ -103,7 +108,7 @@ Changes that could break older environments:
   The task will now try to delete them in both cases.
   Bugzilla Report 41285.

 * if the dir attribute of a <fileset> point to a symbolic link and
 * if the dir attribute of a <fileset> points to a symbolic link and
   followsymlinks is set to false, the fileset will no longer be
   scanned and always seem empty.
   Bugzilla Report 45741.
@@ -148,53 +153,64 @@ Changes that could break older environments:
 Fixed bugs:
 -----------

 * The default logger was failing to print complete stack traces for exceptions
  other than BuildException when inside <ant> or <antcall>, thus omitting often
  important diagnostic information. Bugzilla 43398 (continued).
 * The default logger was failing to print complete stack traces for
   exceptions other than BuildException when inside <ant> or
   <antcall>, thus omitting often important diagnostic
   information.
   Bugzilla 43398 (continued).

 * Better handling of package-info.class. Bugzilla Report 43114.
 * Better handling of package-info.class.
   Bugzilla Report 43114.

 * RPM task needed an inserted space between the define and the value.
   bugzilla Report 46659.
   Bugzilla Report 46659.

 * Got rid of deadlock between in in, out and err in the Redirector. 
 * Got rid of deadlock between in, out and err in the Redirector. 
   Bugzilla Report 44544.

 * Caused by AssertionError no longer filtered. Bugzilla report 45631.
 * Caused by AssertionError no longer filtered.
   Bugzilla Report 45631.
 
 * <zip> would sometimes recreate JARs unnecessarily. Bugzilla report 45902.
 * <zip> would sometimes recreate JARs unnecessarily.
   Bugzilla Report 45902.

 * <symlink> task couldn't overwrite existing symlinks that pointed to nonexistent files
   Bugzilla report 38199.
 * <symlink> task couldn't overwrite existing symlinks that pointed to
   nonexistent files
   Bugzilla Report 38199.

 * <symlink> task couldn't overwrite files that were in the way of the symlink.
   Bugzilla report 43426.
   Bugzilla Report 43426.
   
 * <symlink> task failonerror="false" does not stop build from failing when 'ln' 
   command returns non-zero. Bugzilla report 43624  
 * <symlink> task failonerror="false" does not stop build from failing
   when 'ln' command returns non-zero.
   Bugzilla Report 43624  

 * <touch> task couldn't differentiate between "no resources specified" and "no resources
   matched."  Bugzilla report 43799.
 * <touch> task couldn't differentiate between "no resources
   specified" and "no resources matched."
   Bugzilla Report 43799.

 * ManifestClassPath throws when a relative path would traverse the file system root. Bugzilla
   report 44499.
 * ManifestClassPath failed when a relative path would traverse the
   file system root.
   Bugzilla Report 44499.

 * <globmapper> had an indexoutofbounds when the prefix and postfix overlapped. Bugzilla report
   44731.
 * <globmapper> had an indexoutofbounds when the prefix and postfix
   overlapped.
   Bugzilla Report 44731.
   
 * <typedef> and <taskdef> failed to accept file names with #
   characters in them.
   Bugzilla report 45190
   Bugzilla Report 45190

 * A deadlock could occur if a BuildListener tried to access an Ant property
   within messageLogged while a different thread also accessed one.
   Bugzilla report 45194
   Bugzilla Report 45194

 * Handle null result of system getProperty() in CommandlineJava.
   Similar to Bugzilla report 42334.
   Similar to Bugzilla Report 42334.

 * Length task did not process nonexistent Resources even though these might
   conceivably still carry file length information.  Bugzilla report 45271.
   conceivably still carry file length information.
   Bugzilla Report 45271.

 * <javac>'s includeJavaRuntime="false" should work for gcj now.  Note
   that you may need to set includeAntRuntime to false in order to
@@ -204,7 +220,7 @@ Fixed bugs:
 * <sql> would fail if the executed statment didn't return a result
   set with some JDBC driver that dissalow Statement.getResultSet to
   be called in such a situation.
   Bugzilla report 36265 
   Bugzilla Report 36265 

 * if the executed statement in <sql> returned a result set and an
   update count, the count would be lost.
@@ -226,7 +242,7 @@ Fixed bugs:
 * The IPlanetDeploymentTool didn't use the configured DTD locations.
   Bugzilla Report 31876.

 * The ant shell script printed a warning unser Cygwin if JAVA_HOME
 * The ant shell script printed a warning under Cygwin if JAVA_HOME
   was not set.
   Bugzilla Report 45245.

@@ -355,7 +371,8 @@ Fixed bugs:
   exclude patterns.

 * <sort> resource collection kept only one of entries deemed equal by
   the chosen Comparator.  Bugzilla report 46527.
   the chosen Comparator.
   Bugzilla Report 46527.

 * the ZipFile class used by <unzip> and others could leave the
   archive open (making it undeletable on Windows as long as the java
@@ -453,21 +470,22 @@ Fixed bugs:

 Other changes:
 --------------

 * The get task now also follows redirects from http to https
   Bugzilla report 47433
   Bugzilla Report 47433

 * A HostInfo task was added performing information on hosts, including info on 
   the host ant is running on. 
   Bugzilla reports 45861 and 31164.
   Bugzilla Reports 45861 and 31164.

 * There is now a FileProvider interface for resources that act as a source
   of filenames. This should be used by tasks that require resources
   to provide filenames, rather than require that all resources
   are instances or subclasses of FileResource.
   Bugzilla report 43348
   Bugzilla Report 43348
   
 * Fixcrlf now gives better error messages on bad directory attributes.
   Bugzilla report 43936
   Bugzilla Report 43936
   
 * a new property ant.project.default-target holds the value of the
   current <project>'s default attribute.
@@ -506,32 +524,33 @@ Other changes:
   a build if a warning occurs.
   Bugzilla Report 41836.

 * Ant now supports scoped properties (see Local task). Bugzilla report 23942.
 * Ant now supports scoped properties (see Local task).
   Bugzilla Report 23942.

 * <sql>'s CSV output can be controlled via the new attributes
   csvColumnSeparator and csvQuoteCharacter.
   Bugzilla report 35627.
   Bugzilla Report 35627.

 * <ftp>'s logging has been improved.
   Bugzilla reports 30932, 31743.
   Bugzilla Reports 30932, 31743.

 * It is now possible to disable <ftp>'s remote verification.
   Bugzilla report 35471.
   Bugzilla Report 35471.

 * <sshexec> now supports input in a way similar to <exec>
   Bugzilla report 39197.
   Bugzilla Report 39197.

 * <scp> can now preserve the file modification time when downloading
   files.
   Bugzilla Issue 33939.
   Bugzilla Report 33939.

 * the new task sshsession can run multiple tasks in the presence of
   an SSH session providing (local and remote) tunnels.
   Bugzilla Issue 43083.
   Bugzilla Report 43083.

 * ZipOutputStream has been sped up for certain usage scenarios that
   are not used by Ant's family of zip tasks.
   Bugzilla report 45396.
   Bugzilla Report 45396.

 * <echo> supports an "output" Resource attribute as an alternative to "file".

@@ -539,7 +558,7 @@ Other changes:

 * <scp> no longer requires a passphrase when using key based
   authentication.
   Bugzilla report 33718.
   Bugzilla Report 33718.

 * a new failOnEmptyArchive attribute on <unzip> and <untar> can now
   make the task fail the build if it tries to extract an empty
@@ -571,7 +590,7 @@ Other changes:
   Bugzilla Report 45284

 * Enhanced performance of Project.fireMessageLoggedEvent and DirectoryScanner 
   Bugzilla Report 45651 & 45665
   Bugzilla Reports 45651 and 45665

 * The package list location for offline links can now be specified as
   an URL.
@@ -588,7 +607,8 @@ Other changes:

 * The Jar task now supports the addition of a jar index file in update mode.
   Previously the absence of the index was not enough to trigger the rebuild;
   some other update was necessary.  Bugzilla report 45098.
   some other update was necessary.
   Bugzilla report 45098.

 * <ant> has a new attribute "useNativeBasedir" that makes the child
   build use the same basedir it would have used if invoked from the
@@ -603,7 +623,7 @@ Other changes:
   ProjectHelper if the implementation overrides the new
   canParseAntlibDescriptor and parseAntlibDescriptor methods.  If the
   configured helper doesn't override the methods, a new instance of
   ProjectHelper2 will be used just like in ant 1.7.1.
   ProjectHelper2 will be used just like in Ant 1.7.1.
   Bugzilla Report 42208.

 * It is now possible to explicitly set the executable used by
@@ -678,7 +698,7 @@ Other changes:
   Bugzilla Report 46063.

 * <import> has new attributes "as" and "prefixSeparator" that can be
   used to control the prefix prepended to the imported target's
   used to control the prefix prepended to the imported targets'
   names.

 * a new task <include> provides an alternative to <import> that
@@ -692,7 +712,7 @@ Other changes:
 * the os and osfamily attributes of <chown>, <chgrp>, <chmod> and
   <attrib> can now be used to run the commands on operating systems
   other than their "native" environment, i.e. non-Unix or non-Windows
   operating systems repsectively.
   operating systems respectively.
   Bugzilla Report 7624.

 * a new resource collection <mappedresources> generalizes the prefix
@@ -733,7 +753,7 @@ Other changes:
   Bugzilla Report 36653.

 * a new resource collection <archives> can be used to specify
   collections of ZIP and TAR archives as source and extracts them on
   collections of ZIP and TAR archives as sources.  It extracts them on
   the fly.  This is a generalization of the <zipgroupfileset> found
   as nested element of <zip> and friends.
   Bugzilla Report 46257.
@@ -768,7 +788,7 @@ Other changes:
   build fail if the task didn't do anything.
   Bugzilla Report 21064.

 * <sync>'s <preserveInTarget> has a new attribute that conrols
 * <sync>'s <preserveInTarget> has a new attribute that controls
   whether empty directories should be kept.
   Bugzilla Report 43159.

@@ -800,8 +820,8 @@ Other changes:
   file name and comment encoding.  Please see the zip tasks'
   documentation for details.

 * <input ...><handler type="secure" /></input> now uses previously undocumented
   SecureInputHandler shipped with Ant 1.7.1.
 * <input ...><handler type="secure" /></input> now uses previously
   undocumented SecureInputHandler shipped with Ant 1.7.1.

 * Command line arguments for <exec> and similar tasks can now have
   optional prefix and suffix attributes.
@@ -812,7 +832,7 @@ Other changes:
   Bugzilla Report 45625

 * <jar> has a new attribute to enable indexing of META-INF
   directories which is desabled for backwards compatibility reasons.
   directories which is disabled for backwards compatibility reasons.
   Bugzilla Report 47457

 * <apt>'s executable attribute can be used to specify a different
@@ -826,7 +846,7 @@ Other changes:
 * <javac>, <rmic>, <javah> and <native2ascii> now provide a nested
   element to specify a classpath that will be used when loading the
   task's (compiler) adapter class.
   Bugzilla Issue 11143.
   Bugzilla Report 11143.

 * A new subclass org.apache.tools.ant.loader.AntClassLoader5 of
   AntClassLoader has been added which overrides getResources
@@ -834,7 +854,7 @@ Other changes:
   this method now behaves as expected.
   The new subclass will be used by Ant internally if it is available
   and Ant is running on Java5 or more recent.
   Bugzilla Issue 46752.
   Bugzilla Report 46752.

 * a new attributes can chose a different request method than GET for
   the http condition.