JWare/AntXtras / News: Recent posts

We have released 3.5.0b2 versions of AntXtras and its primary sub-projects Svn4Ant, Log4Ant, and PEd4Ant. Read each project's WHATSNEW file for additional information or visit http://jwaresoftware.org/wiki/.

We have released 3.5.0b1 versions of AntXtras and its primary sub-projects Svn4Ant, Log4Ant, and PEd4Ant. All projects have been rebuilt and tested against Ant 1.8.4 and the latest versions of their other dependencies. Read each project's WHATSNEW file for additional information or visit http://jwaresoftware.org/wiki/.

We have released final 3.0.0 versions of AntXtras and its primary sub-projects Svn4Ant, Log4Ant, and PEd4Ant. All projects have been rebuilt and tested against Ant 1.8.2 and contain many incremental component enhancements. Read each project's WHATSNEW file for additional information or visit http://jwaresoftware.org/wiki/.

We have released version 3.0.0b1 of AntXtras and its primary sub-projects Svn4Ant, Log4Ant, and PEd4Ant. The "v3 series" releases include updates to work with JRE 1.5-1.6, the latest version of Ant 1.8, SVNKit 1.3.2, and others. See each project's WHATSNEW file for additional information or visit http://jwaresoftware.org/wiki/.

We have released 2.0.1 of AntXtras. Version 2.0.1 is a back-port of all major bug-fixes from the upcoming 3.0.0b1 release. Note 2.0.1 is still compatible with Ant 1.7.x. See the release's WHATSNEW file for additional information.

We have released version 2.0.0 of AntXtras and its primary sub-projects Svn4Ant and Log4Ant. The "v2 series" releases include a full refresh of all User Guides and improved online documentation. See each project's WHATSNEW file for additional information or visit http://jwaresoftware.org/wiki/.

We have released version 2.0.0b2 of AntXtras and its primary sub-projects. This is the second release of AntXtras under its new namespace and website: jwaresoftware.org. See each project's WHATSNEW file for additional information or visit http://jwaresoftware.org/wiki/

We have released version 2.0.0b1 of AntXtras and its primary sub-projects. This is the first release of AntXtras under its new namespace and website: jwaresoftware.org. See each project's WHATSNEW file for additional information or visit http://jwaresoftware.org/

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Version 1.1.0 of JWare/AntXtras Svn4Ant (or just 'Svn4Ant') is
available from the main AntXtras site, http://antxtras.sf.net/.

This release focuses on the ADMIN Svn4Ant components. See the
detailed RELEASE-NOTES.txt for an overview of all changes since
1.1b1.

- Upgraded to use SVNKit 1.1.4, JavaHL 1.4.5, Ant 1.7, and
AntXtras 0.5.2i.

- Existing admin tasks upgraded to JavaHL 1.4.5.

- Added admin tasks <svnadmin-dump>, <svnadmin-load>, and
<svnadmin-verify>.... read more

Due to corruption on some mirrors, the svn4ant_1.1-build68_bin_withdeps.zip has been re-uploaded. The size of this file is ~5126K. Please change your SF.net mirror setting if you keep receiving a corrupted file.

This release is a minor compatibility release. AntXtras/Foundations has been rebuilt against the Apache Ant 1.7 source release and is now compatible with both Ant 1.6.5 and the latest 1.7 distributions.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Version 1.1 of JWare/AntXtras Svn4Ant (or just 'Svn4Ant') is available
from the main AntXtras site, http://antxtras.sourceforge.net/.

This release focuses on the CLIENT Svn4Ant components. See the detailed
RELEASE-NOTES.txt for a full overview of all changes since 1.0.

- Upgraded to SvnKit 1.1.1 which adds support for 1.3 and 1.4
formatted working copies.

- Added support for multiple repository credentials using new
<svnserverset> type. This solves problem of multi-repository
credential requirements in Windows environments.... read more

This is the first public release of the Svn4Ant component of the AntXtras packages. Svn4Ant is a *complete* collection of ant tasks for managing Subversion v1.3 working copies and repositories.

Download the "_withdeps" binary package to pick up all the required thirdparty libraries.

Version 0.5 of JWare/AntXtras Foundation (AntXtras) is now available for downloading.

Change Highlights
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o Verified against the latest Ant 1.6.5 distribution.
o Updated QuickStart and UserGuide documents to 0.5 features.
o Verified log4Ant against latest Chainsaw release.

o Added several new value URI handlers to work with
the AntX flow-control tasks.
o Enhanced <assert> to accept custom short-hand
conditions.
o Added new <batchchecks> that lets you run multiple
assertions before returning a final result.

o Updated <do> and <domatch> to support generic
conditions and new <criterial> type.
o Added more value URIs (see valueuris.xml).
o Added <dowhile> looping task.
o Added <listdir> and <parentdir> utility tasks.

o Updated to use Ant 1.6.2 as its base.
o Fixes to <overlay> to support namespaces (Ant 1.6.2)
o Improvements to <isolate> for selective passthru.
o Introduced AntX "Value URIs".
o Bug fixes, bug fixes, bug fixes.
o Under-the-covers rework for SAMS and AntUnit projects.