At 03:27 9/12/00 -0500, Chris Todd wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Jon Stevens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 3:06 PM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: cvs >>commit:jakarta-ant/proposal/anteater/source/main/org/apache/ant >>TaskManager.javaAnt.java TaskClassLoader.java > ><snip> > >>4) For the people who are still confused and just don't get it, this is the >>*build environment* that would have the JDK 1.2 requirement. It doesn't >>matter if your code execution still has a JDK 1.1 requirement because you >>can still use Ant to compile your 1.1 code. > >Jon- > >I wasn't confused, and I don't think too many people were. Being able to >build 1.1 code using an Ant that itself only runs in a 1.2 VM doesn't matter >to folks who develop and build their code on systems for which JDK1.2 is >unavailable.
What environment would that be? I don't know of any environment that doesn't have reasonable 1.2 support. Hell - excepting *BSD, I don't know of any developers environment that has a 1.2 but doesn't have a reasonable 1.3. >You would essentially be telling those folks they can't use >Ant in their development environment, they will have to go find some other >system that has a 1.2 VM available for doing their builds. nope - you will always have ant 1.* >I don't know how >many systems only have 1.1 VMs available, but I would rather see Ant be >inclusive rather than exclusive. Just my 2 cents as a devoted Ant user. inclusive is good ... when it is not limiting. If I had to choose between keeping 100% of current user base or developing a better product (and thus more likely gain more more users) you know which choice I would make ? ;P If you *reall* want 1.1 then you always have 1.* Cheers, Pete *-----------------------------------------------------* | "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, | | and proving that there is no need to do so - almost | | everyone gets busy on the proof." | | - John Kenneth Galbraith | *-----------------------------------------------------*
