Enis Soztutar wrote:
I don't know if it is discussed previously but I was wondering why ivy
is not included in the ant distribution. More and more projects
previously depending on ant start to use ivy, but the build files are
cluttered with ivy-download, check-ivy-antlib, etc. Technically ivy is a
subproject of ant, and it can be used optionally. However if they are
distributed together there will be several benefits:
1. Out-of-the-box support for dependency management for ant
2. Better integration of ivy with ant
3. No more check, download and load ivy targets in build files
4. Lowered entry barrier to using ivy for existing ant users
5. Exposure of ivy to more users
the only drawback I can think of is the extra ivy jar file in the
distribution.
Is there any plans on the roadmap?
Now that ivy is part of Ant, it makes sense to start thinking of
bundling the two. However, it may tie the release cycle of the faster
moving item (ivy) to that of the slower one. Do you think things have
stabilised/slowed down enough for this? We can of course increase the
release frequency of Ant...
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