> > > > Maintenance would always be done by us, since we have a vested > interest in > > keeping the code base up to date and fully tested. Additionaly, having > > Apache control the code would allow other developers to add > functionality to > > it if they so desire instead of having to wait on us to add > something. To > > me, it's a matter of how our users get the Ant tasks, which is > much easier > > if they ship with Ant. If they don't ship with Ant, then we > have to support > > installing a seperate jar file for Ant users, and then it also > requires the > > user to explicitly make taskdef defines in their build files for each > > Surround task they plan to use. If the tasks ship with Ant, > then all we have > > to do is make sure the code stays up to date with our releases, > which isn't > > a big deal at all. > > > > Matt, > > I think we (the Ant dev team) would be much happier if you kept > ownership of them and included them with your product. It is those > things that dont get used by the regular developers (SCM other than > CVS), the various other wrappers that cause problems, especially if > product release cycles arent in sync. I dont think some of them (the > Continuus tasks) have been used in years, yet we have to keep them alive. > > Here is what you get by keeping hold of them > -can upgrade the tasks in sync with the rest of the SCM product > -dont need to wait for the next ant release (1.7) for them to appear > -easy to add into IDEs and the like > -can use the new namespace aware ant-lib features of ant1.6 to load more > easily, and retain the old property file declaration for the 1.5 users. > > We and developers get > -to avoid support calls > -to avoid maintaining code we may not have all the JARs to build, let > alone the facilities to test > -to avoid documenting them > -to keep our optional libraries a lot smaller. > -to focus on core functionality > > What we can do for you is give you a link in the documentation in the > external tasks section -just edit the xml document used to generate the > relevant part of the web site, submit the patch, and we will reference > your external stuff. > > -steve >
Ok... Could someone point out which xml doc is used to generate that? Is it part of the proposal/xdocs stuff or something entirely different? Where in the manual are external tasks listed? All I see if Core and Optional. Also, could I add a link to my help page to the SCM Tasks section of the "Overview of Ant Task" page and get that submitted? That would at least allow people to easily see that we support Ant... Thanks, Matt --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
