> -----Original Message----- > From: James Duncan Davidson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 14 November 2000 19:40 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Proposed Revolution: AntEater (a proposal for Ant Core 2.0) > > > On 11/13/00 9:21 PM, "Erik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Will Ant 2.0 break backwards compatibility? > > With AntEater compatibility with existing build files will most likely > break. I'd like not to, but my aim is to have a solid base from which to > have a few years worth of stability in that department with as clean a > feature set as possible. > > So, if AntEater is accepted as Ant 2.0, then I think that the > likelihood of > breaking compatibility is high for 2.0. >
I saw that someone posted an XSL stylesheet to convert ant 1.1 files to ant 1.2 files. This was on the tomcat-dev list. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=tomcat-dev&m=97404851902786&w=2 I haven't used XSL much but I thought the idea was good and something we should try to provide with any Ant release that breaks compatibility. Of course, it wouldn't have to be XSL based, but the concept is good, IMHO. Conor
