On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Steve Loughran <ste...@apache.org> wrote:
> 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. Ivy may still be released separately too, so that people wanting to upgrade their Ivy version without waiting for a release of Ant could still do it. WDYT? Xavier > Do you think things have stabilised/slowed down enough for this? We can of > course increase the release frequency of Ant... > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org > > -- Xavier Hanin - 4SH France BordeauxJUG co leader - http://www.bordeauxjug.org/ Blogger - http://xhab.blogspot.com/ Apache Ivy Creator - http://ant.apache.org/ivy/
