We can´t solve that quickly I think. But we are thinking about
modularization of Ant.
Then we want to create a couple of AntLibs - and maybe the "Ant-JUnit"
AntLib then
is bundled with junit.jar or does an autodownload ...
But AFAIK there is nothing finally spoken.
Jan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Hatton [mailto:khatton@axiomsystems.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 11:12 AM
> To: Ant Users List
> Subject: RE: Requiring jar files in classpath (or $ANT_HOME/lib)
> fortaskdefs
>
>
> With respect, I think that misses the point.
>
> The problem is, for JUnit and other Ant-optional tasks (i.e.
> those defined in some sense in ANT_HOME/lib), they won't
> "just work" without fiddling with either distro (i.e. move
> JUnit files -> Ant, or move Ant files -> JUnit).
>
> This makes it a pain, particularly for those attempting to
> herd cats into a standard build environment.
>
> I understand the issues and I have no solution to offer
> (other than, perhaps, removing ant-*.jar from the standard
> Ant distribution so that these problems don't arise - but
> then you would open the door to a set of different problems),
> but please recognise that it *is* a problem in many
> environments. There are people who would (consciously or
> unconsciously) take every opportunity to rubbish free
> software, and this is an example of giving them an easy way
> of doing this.
>
> Keith
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:bodewig@apache.org]
> Sent: 15 March 2004 09:03
> To: user@ant.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Requiring jar files in classpath (or $ANT_HOME/lib)
> fortaskdefs
>
>
> On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Jacob Kjome <hoju@visi.com> wrote:
>
> > Keep in mind that this is only true in the case of optional tasks
> > that ship with Ant.
>
> And then again only if you keep the corresponding .jar in
> ANT_HOME/lib.
>
> If you want <junit> to become independent from CLASSPATH and
> ANT_HOME/lib, move ant-junit.jar out of ANT_HOME/lib and <taskdef>
> junit using a <classpath> that points to the new location of
> ant-junit.jar and junit.jar, for example.
>
> Stefan
>
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