On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Sam Ruby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stefan Bodewig wrote: >> >> (not Ant itself as an older >> version of Ant won't have the -legacy switch, obviously) > > Just curious, what's "obvious" about that statement?
Ant 1.4.1 won't be magically replaced with a version that contains a backported -legacy switch. > To date, it appears that the working assumption is that developers > will bootstrap when necessary. "Ant" developers are expected to bootstrap Ant if necessary, same for people who want to build their "released" Ant version from sources. > By the way, I am *very* concerned that -legacy will be used too > aggressively. IMHO, it should only be used after a *significant* > period of deprecation, containing at a minimum one public release. At least I have never said something different. When I proposed it (actually have been thinking loud, as I didn't really propose it), I talked about affecting all stuff that has been deprecated in Ant 1.4 - which would be two releases ago when Ant 1.5 appears. Stefan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
