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179 <a name="Ant 1.6.2"></a>
180 Ant 1.6.2
181 </h3>
182 <h3>July 16, 2004 - Ant 1.6.2 Available</h3>
183 <p>Apache Ant 1.6.2 is now available for <a href="http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi">download</a>.</p>
184 <p>Nested elements for namespaced tasks and types may belong to the
185Ant default namespace as well as the task's or type's namespace.</p>
186 <p>All exceptions thrown by tasks are now wrapped in a
187buildexception giving the location in the buildfile of the task.</p>
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191 <a name="Wiki Migration"></a>
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194 <h3>February 29, 2004</h3>
195 <p>The Ant Wiki pages have been migrated to their
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200 <a name="Ant 1.6.1"></a>
201 Ant 1.6.1
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203 <h3>February 12, 2004 - Ant 1.6.1 Available</h3>
204 <p>Apache Ant 1.6.1 is still available for
205 <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant">download</a>.
206 </p>
207 <p>The ASF Board has approved the new Apache License 2.0.
208 For a copy of that license, please see
209 <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/">
210 http://www.apache.org/licenses/</a>.</p>
211 <p>The Ant 1.6.1 release is delivered with the
212 Apache License 2.0.</p>
213 <p>Ant 1.6.1 fixes several bugs, most notably the handling
214 of the default namespace for nested elements.</p>
215 <p>Ant 1.6.1 also introduces initial support for compiling with
216 Java 1.5.</p>
217 <h3 class="section">
218 <a name="Ant 1.6.0"></a>
219 Ant 1.6.0
220 </h3>
221 <h3>December 18, 2003 - Ant 1.6.0 Available</h3>
222 <p>Apache Ant 1.6.0 is still available for
223 <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant">download</a>.
224 </p>
225 <p>As
226 we've already said in the announcements of Ant 1.5.4, this release
227 requires JDK 1.2 or later to run.</p>
228 <p>Ant 1.6.0 adds a lot of new features, most prominently support
229 for XML namespaces as well as a new concept of Ant libraries that
230 makes use of namespaces to avoid name clashes of custom tasks.
231 For a longer list of fixed bugs and new features see the release
232 notes.</p>
233 <p>If you find anything that hasn't been covered in the manual (I bet you
234did) or could be explained better, feel free to help us out in the
235<a href="http://wiki.apache.org/ant/NewAntFeaturesInDetail">Wiki</a>.</p>
236 <h3 class="section">
237 <a name="Ant 1.5.4"></a>
238 Ant 1.5.4
239 </h3>
240 <h3>August 12, 2003 - Ant 1.5.4 Available</h3>
241 <p>Apache Ant 1.5.4 is still available for
242 <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant">download</a>.
243 </p>
244 <p>This is a minor bugfix release that fixes a problem with the
245 <code>javah</code> task on JDK 1.4.2 and a couple of bugs in the
246 Visual Age for Java intergration tasks. If you don't use javah or
247 VAJ, there is no reason to upgrade.</p>
248 <div class="warning">
249 <div class="label">Note</div>
250 <div class="content">Ant 1.5.4 is the last release that supports
251 JDK 1.1. Ant 1.6.0 requires JDK 1.2 or
252 later.
253 </div>
254 </div>
255 <h3 class="section">
256 <a name="Java Pro 2003 Readers Choice Award"></a>
257 Java Pro 2003 Readers Choice Award
258 </h3>
259 <a href="http://www.ftponline.com/javapro/">
260 <img style="padding: 5px" src="images/jp_rcwinner_2003.gif" alt="" border="0" height="80" width="139" align="right" /></a>
261 <h3>June 11th, 2003: Ant wins a Java Pro readers' choice award</h3>
262 <p>
263 Ant has won the Java Pro 2003 Readers' Choice Award for
264 </p>
265 <p>
266 <strong>Most Valuable Java Deployment Technology</strong>.
267 </p>
268 <p>
269 Thanks to Java Pro and all its readers. You can read about
270 these
271 <a href="http://www.ftponline.com/reports/javaone/2003/awards/">awards</a>
272 at the Java Pro website.
273 </p>
274 <h3 class="section">
275 <a name="JDJ Editors Choice Award"></a>
276 JDJ Editors Choice Award
277 </h3>
278 <a href="http://sys-con.com/java/article2a.cfm?id=2059&amp;count=1734&amp;tot=6&amp;page=2"><img src="images/JDJEditorsChoiceAward.jpg" alt="" border="0" align="right" /></a>
279 <h3>June 2003: Ant wins JDJ Editors' Choice Award</h3>
280 <p>
281"Ant is the hammer of the Java world: without it, civilization might have progressed, but much more slowly than it has. Ant is one of the most useful build tools I have ever had the pleasure to use." - Joe Ottinger
282 </p>
283 <h3 class="section">
284 <a name="Ant keeps on winning!"></a>
285 Ant keeps on winning!
286 </h3>
287 <a href="http://www.javaworld.com"><img src="images/jw_ec_logo_winner2003.gif" alt="" border="0" height="108" width="252" align="right" /></a>
288 <h3>June 9th, 2003: Ant wins the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award</h3>
289 <p>
290 Ant has won the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award for
291 </p>
292 <p>
293 <strong>Most Useful Java Community-Developed Technology</strong>
294 </p>
295 <p>
296 for the second time in a row! Read the
297 <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-2003/jw-0609-eca.html"> full article</a> -- or jump directly to the bit about
298 <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-2003/jw-0609-eca-p4.html"> our award</a> <code>:)</code></p>
299 <h3 class="section">
300 <a name="Ant 1.5.3"></a>
301 Ant 1.5.3
302 </h3>
303 <h3>April 9, 2003 - Ant 1.5.3 Available</h3>
304 <p>Apache Ant 1.5.3 is still available for
305 <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant">download</a>.
306 </p>
307 <h3 class="section">
308 <a name="Ant 1.5.2"></a>
309 Ant 1.5.2
310 </h3>
311 <h3>March 3, 2003 - Ant 1.5.2 Available!</h3>
312 <p>The final version of Ant 1.5.2 is available for
313 <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant">download</a>.
314 If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the
315 discussion on the dev and user mailing lists.
316 </p>
317 <h3 class="section">
318 <a name="Ant Top Level Project"></a>
319 Ant Top Level Project
320 </h3>
321 <h3>November 18, 2002</h3>
322 <p>The Apache board <a href="mission.html">created</a>
323 the Apache Ant top level project. Ant has now migrated from the Jakarta
324 project into an Apache project of its own. This is primarily an
325 organizational change and will not affect the technical aspects of
326 the project. Ant retains a strong association with the Apache
327 Jakarta project. One effect of this change is that the Ant webpage
328 is now located at <a href="http://ant.apache.org">http://ant.apache.org</a>
329 </p>
330 <h3 class="section">
331 <a name="Ant 1.5.1"></a>
332 Ant 1.5.1
333 </h3>
334 <h3>October 3, 2002 - Ant 1.5.1 Available !</h3>
335 <p>The final version of Ant 1.5.1 is still available for
336 <a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant">
337 download</a>. If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the
338 discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists.
339 </p>
340 <h3 class="section">
341 <a name="Ant 1.5"></a>
342 Ant 1.5
343 </h3>
344 <h3>July 15, 2002 - Fix for Cygwin problem in wrapper script available</h3>
345 <p>The wrapper script of Ant 1.5 needs to be replaced with a new
346 version for Cygwin users. See the <a href="faq.html#1.5-cygwin-sh">FAQ</a> for details.</p>
347 <h3>July 10, 2002 - Ant 1.5 Released!</h3>
348 <p>The final version of Ant 1.5 is now available for
349 <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-ant/release/v1.5/">
350 download</a>. If you have any feedback on this release, feel free to join the
351 discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists.
352 </p>
353 <h3 class="section">
354 <a name="Ant wins again!"></a>
355 Ant wins again!
356 </h3>
357 <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com"><img src="images/sdm_productivity_award.gif" alt="" border="0" height="108" width="181" align="right" /></a>
358 <h3>Apr 29, 2002: Ant wins <em>Software Development</em> magazine's
359 2002 Productivity Award.</h3>
360 <p>
361 Ant has been awarded a <strong>2002 Productivity Award</strong> by
362 <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/"><em>Software Development</em></a>
363 magazine. Read the
364 <a href="http://www.sdmagazine.com/jolts/press_release_4-26-02.htm">
365 press release</a> for more information and the full list of winners.
366 </p>
367 <h3 class="section">
368 <a name="Ant has won!"></a>
369 Ant has won!
370 </h3>
371 <a href="http://www.javaworld.com"><img src="images/jw_ec_logo_winner2002.gif" alt="" border="0" height="108" width="252" align="right" /></a>
372 <h3>Mar 26, 2002: Ant wins the JavaWorld Editors' Choice
373 Award</h3>
374 <p>
375 Ant has won the JavaWorld Editors' Choice Award for
376 <strong>Most Useful Java Community-Developed Technology</strong>.
377 Read the
378 <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2002/jw-0326-awards.html "> full article</a> -- or jump directly to the bit about
379 <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2002/jw-0326-awards-p3.html"> our award</a> <code>:)</code></p>
380 <h3 class="section">
381 <a name="Java 1.4 Support"></a>
382 Java 1.4 Support
383 </h3>
384 <h3>Feb 15, 2002: Java 1.4 Support</h3>
385 <p>
386 Java 1.4 has now been released by Sun. The latest Ant source supports
387 the new <tt>assert</tt> statement in the compiler task via the <tt>source</tt>
388 attribute. It also contains a compatibility fix needed for some ant tasks
389 on Java 1.4 over Windows XP. If you have problems running Ant 1.4.1 on WinXP/Java 1.4,
390 please use a recent build or compile your own version from the source tree.
391 </p>
392 <h3 class="section">
393 <a name="See our new logo!"></a>
394 See our new logo!
395 </h3>
396 <h3>Have a look at our new cool logo!</h3>
397 <h3 class="section">
398 <a name="Ant 1.4.1"></a>
399 Ant 1.4.1
400 </h3>
401 <h3>11 October 2001 Ant 1.4.1 released !</h3>
402 <p>Please visit the
403 <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-ant/release/v1.4.1/">
404 download area</a>.
405 </p>
406 <h3 class="section">
407 <a name="Best-Practices Profile of Ant at Sun's Dot-Com Builder"></a>
408 Best-Practices Profile of Ant at Sun's Dot-Com Builder
409 </h3>
410 <p>Sun has released an introductory article on Ant on their
411 Dot-Com Builder site on May 30 2001. See <a href="http://dcb.sun.com/practices/profiles/ant.jsp">http://dcb.sun.com/practices/profiles/ant.jsp</a></p>
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