At the risk of offending some, I want to publically thank James Cook and Peter Donald for setting a great example for how technical dialog and issue negotiation should be accomplished. It has been a long time in this group since we have seen two people with different viewpoints be able to discuss the issues objectively, and be willing to put their egos aside and conceed points to one another where when objective analysis deems it appropriate.
For me, reading this recent thread has been a spark of hope in what has been a very demoralizing time on ant-dev. I had just about convinced myself that this group was going to implode and fragment into several useless efforts, making my own work on Antidote pretty much a waste of time. I now have new hope, assuming that such productive dialog will continue here. James and Peter, I hope you keep this up, and that others join in following your mature and professional handling of the issues. The *immediate* goal is to create a /consensus/ *feature set* and *design approach* that those willing to participate in can help implement to become Ant 2.0. Ant 2.0 needs to be a product that we *all* (not just one or two people) have ownership in, and are all proud of. I believe that if the dialog continues along the path that you have set up then we will be making concrete progress to making Ant 2.0 a reality. Kudos! Simeon -- Mustard Seed Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] fax:1.309.424.4982
