holtdl 02/03/22 10:35:49
Modified: . WHATSNEW
docs/manual tasksoverview.html usinglist.html
Log:
Add <loadproperties> and new vss* tasks to tables (tasksoverview).
Add <basename>/<dirname> (WHATSNEW) and do a little clean-up
(group new-tasks bullets, spelling/grammar/etc.), but didn't
go wild.
Fix spacing for usinglist.
Revision Changes Path
1.230 +40 -39 jakarta-ant/WHATSNEW
Index: WHATSNEW
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-ant/WHATSNEW,v
retrieving revision 1.229
retrieving revision 1.230
diff -u -r1.229 -r1.230
--- WHATSNEW 21 Mar 2002 10:44:18 -0000 1.229
+++ WHATSNEW 22 Mar 2002 18:35:48 -0000 1.230
@@ -44,15 +44,18 @@
'description' attribute, unless the -verbose or -debug flag is included
on the Ant command line.
+* Ant's testcases now require JUnit 3.7 or above, as they now use the new
+ assertTrue method instead of assert.
+
Fixed bugs:
-----------
* Fixed bug where <move> ignored <filterset>s.
-* Ant works properly with the combination of Java1.4/WindowsXP
+* Ant works properly with the combination of Java1.4/WindowsXP.
* Fixed bug where <java> used to sometimes invoke class constructors twice.
-* Fixed bug with 4NT shell support
+* Fixed bug with 4NT shell support.
* Fixed bug where ant would not perform ftp without remotedir being
specified even though this was not mandatory.
@@ -95,8 +98,26 @@
* <copy>, <loadfile>, <loadproperties>, <move> support FilterChains
of FilterReaders.
-* New task <loadproperties> to load contents of file as Ant properties.
+* New task <loadproperties> to load contents of file as Ant properties,
+ with nested <filterchain> elements.
+* New task <loadfile> to load a whole file into a property.
+
+* New task <echoproperties> to list your current properties to the screen
+ or a file.
+
+* New tasks <bzip2> and <bunzip2> to pack and unpack files using the
+ BZip2 alogrithm.
+
+* New tasks <replaceregexp>, <checksum>, <translate>, <waitfor>, <input>,
+ <manifest>, <vsscp>, <vssadd>, <vsscreate>, <splash>, <basename>,
<dirname>.
+
+* A new combined <mail> task, which replaces the old <mail> and
+ <mimemail> tasks, has been added. The <mimemail> task, and
+ old SendEmail and MimeMail classes have been deprecated.
+
+* Mail task allows specification of port number.
+
* Users can control what <zip> and <jar> must do when duplicate files
are found. A new element <zipgroupfileset> allows for multiple zip
files to be merged into the archive. In addition, <jar> also has
@@ -107,15 +128,6 @@
* gzip now checks that the zipfile is older than the source file
before rebuilding the zipfile.
-* New task <loadfile> to load a whole file into a property
-
-* New task <echoproperties> to list your current properties to the screen
- or a file.
-
-* A new combined email task, which replaces the old <mail> and
- <mimemail> tasks, has been added. The <mimemail> task, and
- old SendEmail and MimeMail classes have been deprecated.
-
* TarFileset takes in three new attributes - fullpath, prefix
and preserveLeadingSlashes.
@@ -128,9 +140,9 @@
* Exec task has extra attribute "resultproperty" to get the return code
into a property.
-* Exec task prints a message when a timed out process is killed.
+* Exec task prints a message when a timed-out process is killed.
-* Added optional attributes - name, arch and version to <os>
+* Added optional attributes - name, arch and version to the <os> task.
* Unjar, Untar, Unwar and Unzip now support patternsets to
select files from an archive for extraction. Filesets may be
@@ -141,25 +153,14 @@
classic compiler (version 1.2 and higher) is used and debugging
is enabled.
-* Mail task allows specification of port number.
-
* Added support for specifying CVS_RSH in the <cvs/> task
-* New tasks bzip2 and bunzip2 to pack and unpack files using the
- BZip2 alogrithm, replaceregexp, checksum, translate, waitfor, input,
- manifest, vsscp, vssadd, vsscreate, splash
-
* The attributes zipfile, jarfile, warfile and earfile (from the Zip,
Jar, War and Ear tasks) have been deprecated and superseded by a
new attribute "destfile".
-* Added a new condition <isset> that test for the existence of a
- property to the condition task.
-
-* Added new conditions <checksum>, <http>, <socket>, <contains>,
<filesmatch>.
-
-* Ant's testcases require JUnit 3.7 or above as they now use the new
- assertTrue method instead of assert.
+* Added new conditions <isset>, <checksum>, <http>, <socket>, <contains>,
+ <filesmatch>.
* <taskdef> and <typedef> will now emit a warning if a task/type of
the given name already exists.
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@
* Improved support for Novell NetWare.
-* Added an optional encoding attribute to <fixcrlf>
+* Added an optional encoding attribute to <fixcrlf>.
* <apply> has a new attribute relative that allows users to pass the
filenames as relative instead of absolute paths on the command line.
@@ -183,14 +184,14 @@
unless attributes.
* Ant now comes with two new BuildLogger implementations - one that
- can send emails containing a log of the build process (MailLogger);
- the other that colorizes the output based on message levels using
+ can send emails containing a log of the build process (MailLogger),
+ and one that colorizes the output based on message levels, using
ANSI color code escape sequences (AnsiColorLogger).
* A "package" mapper type has been added to allow package directory
names replaced with the dotted form.
-* you can now specify environment variables in the <java> and <junit> tasks
+* You can now specify environment variables in the <java> and <junit> tasks
if the fork attribute has been set to true.
* -propertyfile command-line option has been added to load an entire
@@ -203,14 +204,14 @@
* <tstamp> now supports a new "prefix" attribute to prefix properties set.
-* you can now specify the -sourcepath for <javac> explicitly.
+* You can now specify the -sourcepath for <javac> explicitly.
* <javac> now supports a new "listfiles" attribute to list the source
files it's handing off to the compiler.
* The compiler implementation for javac can now be chosen on a task by
- task basis. Use the new compiler attribute of <javac> to override
- the build.compiler property.
+ task basis. The new compiler attribute of <javac> can be used to override
+ the value of the build.compiler property, if set.
* <propertyfile>'s <entry> now has a 'unit' attribute to specify the
increment/decrement unit on date operations.
@@ -218,15 +219,15 @@
* <property> now supports a 'prefix' attribute when loading from a file
or resource.
-* In Ant 1.4 a feature has been added to the <junit> task that would
+* In Ant 1.4, a feature has been added to the <junit> task that would
add ant.jar, optional.jar and junit.jar implicitly to the classpath -
this feature can now be disabled by setting the new includeantruntime
attribute to false.
-* <style> behaves different than any other directory based task as it
+* <style> behaves differently from any other directory-based task, as it
processes all files that it finds in included directories in
- addition to the files matched by your patterns. There now is a new
- attribute to suppress this behavior.
+ addition to the files matched by your patterns. There is now a new
+ attribute, 'scanincludeddirectories', to suppress this behavior.
* <javadoc> now supports a <tag> nested element to provide the -tag option
to the standard Java 1.4 doclet. The element is ignored when not running
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@
* <javac>'s source attribute is now enabled for jikes as well.
* <ftp> can now chmod files on a remote server that supports
- "site chmod" as well as set the umask before transfering files if
+ "site chmod", as well as set the umask before transferring files, if
the server supports "site umask".
Changes from Ant 1.4 to Ant 1.4.1
1.5 +11 -2 jakarta-ant/docs/manual/tasksoverview.html
Index: tasksoverview.html
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-ant/docs/manual/tasksoverview.html,v
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retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- tasksoverview.html 20 Mar 2002 03:21:45 -0000 1.4
+++ tasksoverview.html 22 Mar 2002 18:35:49 -0000 1.5
@@ -846,6 +846,14 @@
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
+ <td nowrap><a
href="CoreTasks/loadproperties.html">LoadProperties</a></td>
+ <td><p>Load a file's contents as Ant properties. This task is
+ equivalent to using <code><property file="..."/></code>
+ except that it supports nested <code><filterchain></code>
elements,
+ and it cannot be specified outside a target.</p></td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr valign="top">
<td nowrap><a href="CoreTasks/property.html">Property</a></td>
<td><p>Sets a property (by name and value), or set of properties
(from a file or resource) in the project.</p></td>
@@ -945,8 +953,9 @@
<td nowrap><a href="OptionalTasks/vss.html">
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe</a></td>
<td><p>Tasks to perform the Visual SourceSafe <i>vssget</i>,
- <i>vsslabel</i>, <i>vsshistory</i>, <i>vsscheckin</i>, and
- <i>vsscheckout</i> commands.</p></td>
+ <i>vsslabel</i>, <i>vsshistory</i>, <i>vsscheckin</i>,
+ <i>vsscheckout</i>, <i>vssadd</i>, <i>vsscp</i>, and <i>vsscreate</i>
+ commands.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
1.2 +10 -10 jakarta-ant/docs/manual/usinglist.html
Index: usinglist.html
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-ant/docs/manual/usinglist.html,v
retrieving revision 1.1
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diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- usinglist.html 13 Dec 2001 17:16:26 -0000 1.1
+++ usinglist.html 22 Mar 2002 18:35:49 -0000 1.2
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@
<h3>Using Ant</h3>
<a href="using.html#buildfile">Writing a Simple Buildfile</a><br>
- <a href="using.html#projects">Projects</a><br>
- <a href="using.html#targets">Targets</a><br>
- <a href="using.html#tasks">Tasks</a><br>
- <a href="using.html#properties">Properties</a><br>
- <a href="using.html#built-in-props">Built-in
Properties</a><br>
- <a href="using.html#example">Example
Buildfile</a><br>
- <a href="using.html#filters">Token Filters</a><br>
- <a href="using.html#path">Path-like
Structures</a><br>
- <a href="using.html#arg">Command-line
Arguments</a><br>
- <a href="using.html#references">References</a><br>
+ <a href="using.html#projects">Projects</a><br>
+ <a href="using.html#targets">Targets</a><br>
+ <a href="using.html#tasks">Tasks</a><br>
+ <a href="using.html#properties">Properties</a><br>
+ <a href="using.html#built-in-props">Built-in Properties</a><br>
+ <a href="using.html#example">Example Buildfile</a><br>
+ <a href="using.html#filters">Token Filters</a><br>
+ <a href="using.html#path">Path-like Structures</a><br>
+ <a href="using.html#arg">Command-line Arguments</a><br>
+ <a href="using.html#references">References</a><br>
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