----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Loughran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I fear that Ant is now mature and widely used enough that we will have to > sporadically release point versions of ant1.5.x while working on the next > version. Which is actually good in a way, it stops people being forced to > use beta versions just to fix a bug. +1 > We need to move forward, one way or the other. +1 > decide > what the focus of development should be for the next round, simple evolution > of ant1.5 -1 > or whether this is a good time to sit down and move up to starting > on ant2.0 in earnest, maybe using mutant or myrmidion as foundations, +1 for myrmidon as the foundation - its developer base gives me confidence that we will get where we want to. Bear in mind that the +1 is not based on the technical differences between Mutant and Myrmidon - I am sure both these proposals don't lack in design... > or (as > Costin suggests), to evolve what we have today, but either way to rework > enough of ant to make it better than it currently is. This can always happen in the branch. > Better in terms of > scalability, flexibility and usability, yet still being very backwards > compatible with the existing build files. +1 > -Steve Cheers, Magesh ******************************************** * Ever notice how wholeheartedly we give * * ourselves to half-baked solutions? * ******************************************** -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
