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Posted to user@ant.apache.org by Joe Schmetzer <jo...@exubero.com> on 2009/09/14 22:27:25 UTC

[ANN] Ant Script Library 1.1.0 Released

Version 1.1.0 of the Ant Script Library has just been released.

The Ant Script Library (ASL) is a collection of re-usable Ant scripts
that can be imported into your own projects. The ASL provides a number
of pre-defined targets that simplify setting up build scripts for a
new or existing project, bringing re-use and consistency to your own
Ant scripts. Refer to the project page at http://www.exubero.com/asl/
for details.

There are quite a number of small enhancements throughout the library,
and the documentation has been enhanced. Here’s a summary of the major
changes between version 1.0.2 and 1.1.0:

    * Added new release module.
    * Added application package module.
    * Updated documentation for reports module
    * New Java static analysis reports:
          o Checkstyle report
          o FindBugs report
          o Copy/paste detection report
    * Added new SCM modules:
          o Subversion module
          o Perforce module
    * New introductory tutorial
    * Enhancements to the Ivy tasks
    * Link generated JavaDoc to JRE JavaDoc

If you want to try it out, the ASL can be downloaded from
http://www.exubero.com/asl/download.html

Regards,
Joe

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Re: [ANN] Ant Script Library 1.1.0 Released

Posted by Joe Schmetzer <jo...@exubero.com>.
2009/9/16 Michael Ludwig <ml...@as-guides.com>:
> Joe Schmetzer schrieb:
>>
>> Version 1.1.0 of the Ant Script Library has just been released.
>>
>> The Ant Script Library (ASL) is a collection of re-usable Ant scripts
>> that can be imported into your own projects. The ASL provides a number
>> of pre-defined targets that simplify setting up build scripts for a
>> new or existing project, bringing re-use and consistency to your own
>> Ant scripts. Refer to the project page at http://www.exubero.com/asl/
>> for details.
>
> Very nice! I've started playing with it; three questions:
>
> (1) Would it make sense to add a target named "print-defaults" that
> prints out the directory layout ASL expects by default?

That would certainly be possible. We'd have to be careful, though
There are a huge number of properties that specifiy various
directories. Most of them are documented at
http://www.exubero.com/asl/reference.html . I think it would be
sensible to pick a subset of directories which are most likely to be
of interest.

> (2) Likewise, would it make sense to have a target named "setup" or
> "create-skeleton" that creates the directory structure as per the ASL
> defaults as amended by <property> overrides made by the user?

Once again, that would certainly be possible, and probably not hard to
do. In most cases where I've used the library, I'm adding it to a
pre-existing project. However, I like the possibility of letting
people start with this script, and then work from there.

> (3) There is probably a "lib" dir in most projects at some point, but
> not necessarily when starting out. Now when I run "compile", the build
> fails simply because there is no lib directory, which, however, isn't
> needed to compile the sources in the source directory. Would it make
> sense to remove this dependency on the lib directory for tasks that do
> not need it?

Good point. I'll make that change.

Thanks for the feedback.

Regards,
Joe

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Re: [ANN] Ant Script Library 1.1.0 Released

Posted by Michael Ludwig <ml...@as-guides.com>.
Joe Schmetzer schrieb:
> Version 1.1.0 of the Ant Script Library has just been released.
>
> The Ant Script Library (ASL) is a collection of re-usable Ant scripts
> that can be imported into your own projects. The ASL provides a number
> of pre-defined targets that simplify setting up build scripts for a
> new or existing project, bringing re-use and consistency to your own
> Ant scripts. Refer to the project page at http://www.exubero.com/asl/
> for details.

Very nice! I've started playing with it; three questions:

(1) Would it make sense to add a target named "print-defaults" that
prints out the directory layout ASL expects by default?

(2) Likewise, would it make sense to have a target named "setup" or
"create-skeleton" that creates the directory structure as per the ASL
defaults as amended by <property> overrides made by the user?

(3) There is probably a "lib" dir in most projects at some point, but
not necessarily when starting out. Now when I run "compile", the build
fails simply because there is no lib directory, which, however, isn't
needed to compile the sources in the source directory. Would it make
sense to remove this dependency on the lib directory for tasks that do
not need it?

-- 
Michael Ludwig

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