Support Forums: Message List - Ant 1.7.0 Released http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:11:46 -0400 Re: Ant 1.7.0 Released http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=43590 Do people still use Ant? I thought Maven 2 was the build tool?...]]> Tue, 02 Jan 2007 03:30:48 -0500 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 03:30:48 -0500 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 03:30:48 -0500 Jan 2, 2007 michele michele 0 Re: Ant 1.7.0 Released http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=43590 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 02:21:53 -0500 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 02:21:53 -0500 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 02:21:53 -0500 Jan 2, 2007 Dilip Easwaran 0 Rake http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=43590 I don't understand how people think xml is appropriate for systems like builds. A scripting language is much easier for this. Ruby's rake is awesome... so much more powerful than Ant because you can mix Ruby with the built in rake...]]> Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:46:44 -0500 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:46:44 -0500 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:46:44 -0500 Dec 31, 2006 Steve Loughran 0 Ant is not a deployment tool http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=43590 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:42:43 -0500 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:42:43 -0500 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:42:43 -0500 Dec 31, 2006 Steve Loughran 0 Re: to address Cedric's concerns http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=43590
Better expressions (if/else/while).

ant-contrib's if and for tasks go a long way here.

...]]> Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:11:31 -0500 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:11:31 -0500 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:11:31 -0500 Dec 29, 2006 Ilya Sterin 0 to Cedric, RE procedural band-aids http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=43590 While I agree that a build system needs to be based on a declarative style, because that's what most of the build tasks will be, it also needs to support some sort of procedural language, and that's why the Prolog metaphor doesn't apply...]]> Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:21:37 -0500 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:21:37 -0500 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:21:37 -0500 Dec 29, 2006 Matt Benson 0 to address Cedric's concerns http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=43590 Just because something is complex enough doesn't mean it's rich enough (think about it: we're back to #include!)

I certainly think that ant needs some of the features mentioned by the original poster, and then some:

- Better...]]> Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:07:29 -0500 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:07:29 -0500 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:07:29 -0500 Dec 29, 2006 Matt Benson 1 Control Flows http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=43590 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:23:29 -0500 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:23:29 -0500 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:23:29 -0500 Dec 29, 2006 Matthew Inger 0 XML Syntax http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=43590 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:21:42 -0500 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:21:42 -0500 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:21:42 -0500 Dec 29, 2006 Matthew Inger 0 Re: Ant 1.7.0 Released http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=43590 Nice, but what we actually need is:
- control-flow support (if-else-elsif-endif, foreach, choose-when),
- exception handling support (try-catch-finally)
- better variables, expressions and functions support
in order to build...]]> Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:29:12 -0500 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:29:12 -0500 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:29:12 -0500 Dec 28, 2006 James Watson 0 xml sucks for builds http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=43590 Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:50:15 -0500 Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:50:15 -0500 Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:50:15 -0500 Dec 26, 2006 Phil Swenson 2 Re: Ant 1.7.0 Released http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=43590
Do people still use Ant? I thought Maven 2 was the build tool?


What do you think ? Would they release a new version if it was dead ??


To be honest I think Ant is on a downward...]]> Sat, 23 Dec 2006 18:13:57 -0500 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 18:13:57 -0500 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 18:13:57 -0500 Dec 23, 2006 Ilya Sterin 0 process oriented language http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=43590 To be honest I think Ant is on a downward path... I haven't used it for over a year, and everyone I know is moving to Maven 2....]]> Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:10:16 -0500 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:10:16 -0500 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:10:16 -0500 Dec 23, 2006 Vladimir Perlov 0 Re: Ant 1.7.0 Released http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=43590
Do people still use Ant? I thought Maven 2 was the build tool?


What do you think ? Would they release a new version if it was dead ??...]]> Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:57:52 -0500 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:57:52 -0500 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:57:52 -0500 Dec 22, 2006 Jarvis Ragona 2 Re: Ant 1.7.0 Released http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=43590
- I need to check if my system is up or not (functions & condition)
I think checking to see if a server is up is well beyond the best practices of ANT usage. It really sounds like you're trying to hammer that...]]> Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:17:48 -0500 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:17:48 -0500 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:17:48 -0500 Dec 22, 2006 Mileta Cekovic 1