I don't see a problem with this specific backward compatibility issue.
1. Non-namespace names like "test:echo" is, IMHO, not a common practice.
Common practice is, unfortunately, not the test for backward compatability. Also backward compatability breaks do occur in Ant1. It just seems that it is a moveable feast.
2. If there were build files like this in the field, it would be trivial to fix them.
Tell that to the guy struggling with the arsDigita build files on ant-user.
Most incompatible changes to the build file syntax are trivial to change, but that does not mean they are acceptable (cf. jarfile->destfile)
3. The XML standards warn about using colons in names
How many ant users read the XML standards? :-) I've had people complaining about Ant's inability to nest <!-- --> style comments.
Conor
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