Another +1 for NOT removing Ant support. As far as the "New Project" dialog is concerned:
What about creating a new category "Other" (or maybe even "Legacy") that in turn contains the "Java with Ant" category to make the "Ant option" less prominent. Just my 0.02€ Thomas Marco Rossi schrieb am 20.04.2021 um 21:10: > +1 also for me to not eliminating Ant support for new (or existing) projects. > > Mark Reds > >> Il giorno 20 apr 2021, alle ore 20:08, Mitch Claborn <mitch...@claborn.net> >> ha scritto: >> >> +1 for not eliminating Ant support for new (or existing) projects. We've >> been using Ant for a long time, and it still works just fine for us, so >> there is no payback in converting to Maven. >> >> >> Mitch >> >> On 4/20/21 12:10 PM, Lisa Ruby wrote: >>> For those of you who have used Maven for a long time it may seem simple and >>> straightforward, but for those of us who haven't it's not. I've struggled >>> to try and understand it and figure out how to use it for my software >>> project and gave up. And it's a huge amount of overhead, extra disk space >>> usage, and more bits and pieces to keep track of that isn't justifiable for >>> small simple projects. ANT works just fine for me, and I will keep using it >>> for as long as I possibly can. I need to focus my time on getting my >>> software out, not on the tools I have to use to do it. >>> Lisa >>> On 4/20/2021 10:00 AM, Geertjan Wielenga wrote: >>>> I agree, the Ant-based project creation should be removed and I disagree >>>> that there should be any kind of conversion between Ant and Maven -- that >>>> simply will never work and we'll spend the rest of our days fixing bugs in >>>> that. To convert from Ant to Maven: create a new Maven project and copy >>>> the Java source files from your Ant project into it. >>>> >>>> Gj >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 6:58 PM <pszud...@throwarock.com >>>> <mailto:pszud...@throwarock.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Honestly, I think NB should have an internal conversation about >>>> removing the "new project" support for Ant projects, while still >>>> being able to open existing ones. It just confuses a lot of people >>>> if they're not going to be supported. >>>> >>>> I agree, if and ONLY if you provide at least a rudimentary way to >>>> convert ANT projects to Maven projects. I have been struggling >>>> with this issue too long. I have hundreds of Ant based projects >>>> that I would love to turn over immediately to Maven... but I can't >>>> , am struggling, and haven't coded a darn line in two months... I >>>> used to code 10 hours a day ... and now... embarrassed by my >>>> inability to convert.,. >>>> >>>> I exaggerate a bit, I still code in "Old" Netbeans 8.2, but I know >>>> the days are numbered... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
