Ant should have an ext directory 2005-01-04 - By Erskine, Chris
I do not think that we are saying to use Maven. I am asking for a way to
support different versions of third party jars from the same instance of
ant. Maven is being used as an example of one way to do it. I do not need
the auto-download functionality of Maven or the automatic repository. I
would like to see a way to define in the build file, the list of dependent
jars with versions or a relative path to the a needed jar file so I do not
have to update the functionality of 30 projects at one time to support the
update of a single support jar.
Chris Erskine
EDS Consulting Services
F5-EDS-001
2424 Garden of the Gods Rd
Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Phone: 719-265-5962
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen McConnell [mailto:mcconnell@(protected)]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 7:16 AM
> To: 'Ant Users List'
> Subject: RE: Ant should have an ext directory
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> > -----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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