Good point, Neil. :-) We should reach out to the Apache Ant (and other Apache projects) for collaboration with us.
In an ideal world, the Apache Ant community would be developing and promoting the Apache Ant features in Apache NetBeans. Gj On Thu, 22 Apr 2021 at 10:17, Neil C Smith <neilcsm...@apache.org> wrote: > On Thu, 22 Apr 2021 at 08:15, Geertjan Wielenga > <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > should we consider downplaying the prominence of Ant by removing from > NetBeans the ability to create new Ant projects > > -1 from me. I think we made the right steps previously, and perhaps > should look at whether particular templates need updating or removing > entirely. But Ant still has its place, particularly with regard to > the platform. > > I'd also prefer an unopinionated IDE. And from an ASF perspective, > Ant is still an active project here - Apache's IDE should possibly not > be deciding when it's time to retire it! :-) > > Best wishes, > > Neil >
