On 08/17/2011 08:21 PM, Robbie Gemmell wrote:
You say you cant update, but is that really the case? All that is required to update Ant would be to unpack the ~6+ MB binary (e.g. from http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/binaries/ ) and add the bin directory to your path, job done.
In more controlled build environments this is not always so simple.
The alternative would be to rework the additions to support 1.6.5, but at over 6 years old I think its time we gave up on that and take advantage of the bug fixes and newer features in later releases (theres a few I've spotted in 1.8.X that I look forward to using at some point down the line, once its suitably aged).
Looking at the change in question, http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1149163, would I be right in saying the use of the newer attribute is to make the existence of the client-plugins dir optional?
A bit of context on the thinking there would be useful in considering what the options would be for those stuck on earlier versions.
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