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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 7:16 AM > To: 'Ant Users List' > Subject: RE: Ant should have an ext directory > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 04 January 2005 23:26 > > To: Ant Users List > > Subject: Re: Ant should have an ext directory > > > > "Robert r. Sanders" <[EMAIL 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. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
