Mainly to Ross I guess, Ivy are now a podling, http://incubator.apache.org/projects/ivy.html
So, not sure how this will impact on things, make it easier perhaps? Also, there are only two committers + the PMC so progress may be slow. They were sponsored by Ant, so expect tighter intergration there in the Future. I am sure you know all this, but thought I'd mention it. Gav...
