> -----Original Message----- > From: Conor MacNeill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 9:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Proposed Revolution: AntEater (a proposal for Ant Core 2.0) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Duncan Davidson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, 14 November 2000 19:40 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Proposed Revolution: AntEater (a proposal for Ant Core 2.0) > > > > > > On 11/13/00 9:21 PM, "Erik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Will Ant 2.0 break backwards compatibility? > > > > With AntEater compatibility with existing build files will most likely > > break. I'd like not to, but my aim is to have a solid base from which to > > have a few years worth of stability in that department with as clean a > > feature set as possible. > > > > So, if AntEater is accepted as Ant 2.0, then I think that the > > likelihood of > > breaking compatibility is high for 2.0. > > > > I saw that someone posted an XSL stylesheet to convert ant 1.1 > files to ant > 1.2 files. This was on the tomcat-dev list. > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=tomcat-dev&m=97404851902786&w=2 > > I haven't used XSL much but I thought the idea was good and something we > should try to provide with any Ant release that breaks compatibility. Of > course, it wouldn't have to be XSL based, but the concept is good, IMHO. > > Conor
Ya, I would think we would be nice if someone does something like that, I hate it when software companies abandon their users. Erik
