> Why thank you. I'm going to be fair: I think you should at least take a > look at the oreilly book, say in your local bookstore with a > coffee/ice-cream/beer to hand and see if it meets your immediate needs. I > shall surely do the same thing myself.
Maybe I'll save the $17 cigar and Jack Daniels for when your book arrives. > Of course, now when I see a > bookstore or library, I see the collected suffering of many authors, rather > than a place of learning. I've always wondered what was more painful, paying $60 for something that's probably going to be outdated in 6months or taking 8months to write it. Thank You, Anthony > And there is the ant docs themselves: remember, any and all contribs to the > ant docs are happily accepted, so if anyone on ant-user wants to contribute > to the project, pick something and write about it. > > -steve > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anthony W. Marino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Ant Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Steve Loughran" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 1:46 PM > Subject: Re: Ant: The Definitive Guide (Orielly) > > > Steve, > This sounds great! I've already selected it into my amazon wishlist. > > Thank You, > Anthony > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Anthony W. Marino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Ant Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Steve Loughran" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 7:47 AM > > Subject: Re: Ant: The Definitive Guide (Orielly) > > > > >> I havent seen ant:tdg yet, but as the main competitor to the book on > > ant > > > >> soon to come from Erik and me, they are a key competitor (the other is > > > > the > > > > >> on-line docs, which is why we opted not to repeat said docs*)). The > > book > > > >> was originally scheduled to come out in, um February, and has slipped > > >> a couple of times. > > > > > >Steve, > > >How soon is soon? I would expect yours and Erik's book to be the > > > "Meyers - Effective C++" of ant. > > > > Plan is August. We are 'code complete' as of this weekend, and now the > > docs > > > are trickling through the deployment process. We should have a chapter or > > two up on the web in a few days. > > > > One thing we still have to deal with is reincorporating laste-minute > > changes in ant1.5 back into the docs; they are still happening, and it > > does > > > take effort to keep stuff in sync, even at this late stage. That'll be > > ongoing right up until Ant1.5 ships. Some of those changes come from us, > > so > > > we are making life harder for ourselves just to make sure that Ant1.5 is > > up > > > to scratch when we ship. Mostly the changes will be we can strip out the > > 'this is broken, here is a workaround' type, but you never know, there > > may be a surprise or two waiting for us. > > > > -steve -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
