Re: [Ant-contrib-developers] Status

[Stefan B. <ste...@fr...>]

On 2011-07-08, Matthew Inger wrote:

> Then add into the mix, supporting Java 1.5 and Java 1.6.

I'm completely on the fence here, I know I've had a customer not too
long ago where Java5 would have been too modern, but they'd still have
the choice of using an older version of ant-contrib (if at all).

Is there anything in ant-contrib that requires Java5 or Java6 right now?
If not, why would you want to introduce it for a 1.0 release right now?
Wouldn't it make sense to have a stable release and break compatibility
after that?

Having said that, I don't really care as I haven't really been active
around here for years now (has anybody?) and don't even use ant-contrib
myself.  Count me in when you need a hand for the release and I'm sure
Java5 and Ant 1.8.x would be great for most users.

> I'm willing to get everything working on Ant 1.8.2 (the most recent
> version), and put out a final release. However, it will require
> specific versions of Ant, JDK and Ivy.

Sounds OK.

> As those other products get updated, newer Ant-Contrib would support
> only the latest versions of those.

Like I said previously I don't think there has been a backwards
incompatible change in Ant that affected ant-contrib - Ivy has certainly
changed when it joined the ASF (package names changed).  If you need any
help to keep Ant itself in check, just yell.

Stefan