svn commit: r17632 - /dev/ant/README.html

[bo...@apache.org]

Author: bodewig
Date: Fri Dec 30 16:49:47 2016
New Revision: 17632

Log:
try to explain the differences between 1.9.8 and 1.10.0

Modified:
    dev/ant/README.html

Modified: dev/ant/README.html
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--- dev/ant/README.html (original)
+++ dev/ant/README.html Fri Dec 30 16:49:47 2016
@@ -2,8 +2,18 @@
   <head><title>Releases of Apache Ant</title>
     <body>
       <p>The Apache Ant team currently maintains two lines of
-      development. The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and
-        1.10.x requires Java8 at runtime.</p>
+        development. The 1.9.x releases require Java5 at runtime and
+        1.10.x requires Java8 at runtime. Both lines are based off of
+        Ant 1.9.7 and the 1.9.x releases are mostly bug fix releases
+        while additional new features are developed for 1.10.x.</p>
+
+      <p>The latest releases are 1.9.8 and 1.10.0 and 1.10.0 contains
+        a super set of 1.9.8 - with the exception of a few tasks and
+        features that no longer work with Java8 anyway (like the apt
+        task).</p>
+
+      <p>The full release notes of the latest releases are below.</p>
+
       <h2>Release Notes of Apache Ant 1.9.8</h2>
       <pre>
 Changes from Ant 1.9.7 TO Ant 1.9.8
@@ -148,7 +158,7 @@ Changes that could break older environme
    Bugzilla Report 59906
 
  * &lt;javah> will default to the "forking" implementation on Java8
-   as well.
+   as well. This is different from Ant 1.9.8.
 
 Fixed bugs:
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