[GitHub] ant issue #53: Optional libraries for Ant 1.10

2017-12-27 Thread twogee
Github user twogee commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/ant/pull/53 I see `dest` as a useful functionality of fetch.xml (why else should it be a part of the distribution?); and that is basically the crux of the matter. I will update the documentation, thanks for

[GitHub] ant issue #53: Optional libraries for Ant 1.10

2017-12-27 Thread bodewig
Github user bodewig commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/ant/pull/53 I see you've already merged this PR, I'll look st it later. I hope you didn't wait for me to respond during Christmas. I'm not sure why `dest` is part of `fetch.xml`, we've always seen at as

[GitHub] ant issue #53: Optional libraries for Ant 1.10

2017-12-24 Thread twogee
Github user twogee commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/ant/pull/53 IMHO, the whole point with `-Ddest` in `fetch.xml` is being able to complement `$ANT_HOME/lib` in Ant distribution. Otherwise, we may just use Ivy and put the dependencies (except NetREXX) into `ivy.xml`

[GitHub] ant issue #53: Optional libraries for Ant 1.10

2017-12-24 Thread bodewig
Github user bodewig commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/ant/pull/53 Ahh, there is the misunderstanding. `fetch.xml` is only there for Ant development, not for Ant users at all. It is there to be used by people who want to build and test Ant. Users are expected to pick

[GitHub] ant issue #53: Optional libraries for Ant 1.10

2017-12-24 Thread twogee
Github user twogee commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/ant/pull/53 I assumed that the intention of fetch.xml is to provide something usable in runtime rather than at compile time. Nevertheless, I'd rather leave JRuby as it is, since the newer versions have a lot of

[GitHub] ant issue #53: Optional libraries for Ant 1.10

2017-12-22 Thread bodewig
Github user bodewig commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/ant/pull/53 We only add what we need on order to get things compiled - or in the case of jruby in order to run the tests. If what we do works without stdlib I don't see any reason to add it. People who want to use

[GitHub] ant issue #53: Optional libraries for Ant 1.10

2017-12-19 Thread asfgit
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[GitHub] ant issue #53: Optional libraries for Ant 1.10

2017-12-19 Thread asfgit
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