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From: Jan.Materne@rzf.fin-nrw.de
To: user@ant.apache.org
Subject: RE: Requiring jar files in classpath (or $ANT_HOME/lib) fortaskde
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Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:15:56 +0100
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We can=B4t 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
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> With respect, I think that misses the point.
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> The problem is, for JUnit and other Ant-optional tasks (i.e.=20
> those defined in some sense in ANT_HOME/lib), they won't=20
> "just work" without fiddling with either distro (i.e. move=20
> JUnit files -> Ant, or move Ant files -> JUnit).
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> This makes it a pain, particularly for those attempting to=20
> herd cats into a standard build environment.
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> I understand the issues and I have no solution to offer=20
> (other than, perhaps, removing ant-*.jar from the standard=20
> Ant distribution so that these problems don't arise - but=20
> then you would open the door to a set of different problems),=20
> but please recognise that it *is* a problem in many=20
> environments. There are people who would (consciously or=20
> unconsciously) take every opportunity to rubbish free=20
> software, and this is an example of giving them an easy way=20
> of doing this.
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> Keith
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> -----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
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> On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Jacob Kjome <hoju@visi.com> wrote:
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> > Keep in mind that this is only true in the case of optional tasks
> > that ship with Ant.
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> And then again only if you keep the corresponding .jar in
> ANT_HOME/lib.
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> 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.
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> Stefan
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