Ant should have an ext directory 2005-01-04 - By Stephen McConnell
> -----Original Message-----
> From: galenboyerdev@(protected) [mailto:galenboyerdev@(protected)]
> Sent: 04 January 2005 23:26
> To: Ant Users List
> Subject: Re: Ant should have an ext directory
>
> "Robert r. Sanders" <robert.sanders@(protected)> writes:
>
> > Yeah, but I don't think this is what the question was about.
>
> I understood that.
>
> > It would be nice to have a place to put the (global) ant
extensions
> > you are using to keep them separate from the main/default ant
> > libraries to help with file management, etc... The best I can
think
> > of: Create an ext directory in a central location, then use a
build
> > process to merge it with a base ANT install; then copy the results
> > out to everyone in your department. Not as nice as if ANT
supported
> > this directly, but it might help.
>
> This is seemingly what Maven offers, was my point. I guess one could
> say ant should offer it, but the impetus of the Maven project is ant.
> Maven (from what I've read and talked to others about) offers a way to
> have a server host all of a project's libraries, with different
> versions, and then an xml file describes what libraries they want. No
> sticking the libs in source control for checkout, no shared folders of
> libraries without control over their sources. No worrys of which
> versions you might have. Instead, describe your needs in an xml file
> ant let Maven take care of putting them where they should be.
However - the maven support for ant is not so up-to-date. From what I
understand Maven does not support the 1.6 series.
Stephen.
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