Craig McClanahan wrote: > >As of now (with the xml.jar file removed from the Ant distribution), you >won't be able to run the current CVS source code for Ant without downloading >and installing the JAXP reference implementation, or another JAXP-compatible >parser. Are there any short-term plans to package the nightly or release >distributions with the appropriate parser so that users don't have to do ths >separately?
I don't control the nightly builds, nor do I have a complete understanding of how they work. I do think that shipping a parser with the release would be a good idea. The JAXP reference implemenatation license looks pretty nasty at this point - IANAL, but redistributing this with Ant may not be permitted. Xerces license is clearly compatible, but as of the last official release, JAXP wasn't supported. If integrating this function into Ant was premature at this time, let me know and I will gladly undo the changes. - Sam Ruby
