On Friday 16 January 2004 4:56 am, Steve Loughran wrote: > Steve Cohen wrote: > > Another issue to consider. I don't know if it's strictly a 1.6.1 issue > > or further down the line but the ant developers should consider it. > > > > I have been working with the jakarta-commons/net project to create a more > > capable system, able to detect what system its FTPClient class is > > connecting with. You may remember several complaints over the last > > couple of months about our <ftp> task not working on non-unix ftp > > servers. The improvements in commons/net will allow the correct server > > to be auto-detected in the most common cases, and in those odd cases > > where this is not possible, it will be possible to indicate explicitly > > which parser is to be used (i.e. in ant, a new parameter to the task). > > > > Thus it will be possible to rewrite our <ftp> task to solve these long > > standing problems. > > > > This version of commons-net (1.2.0) has not yet been released but can > > probably be released in less than a week. > > > > It seems from this thread that these changes will come too late for ant > > 1.6.1. Please correct me if that's wrong. Can someone tell me what > > plans, if any, are contemplated for ant 1.6.2? > > I'd prefer to target this as a 1.7 rework, as it would have side effects > (specifically, need a newer version of commons.net) > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To be honest, this is the response I was expecting, and it makes sense. In fact, without any changes to Ant, simply dropping in the 1.2.0 release of commons-net (when it's released) will gain the advantage of autodetection for Unix, Windows NT, OS/2 and VMS ftp systems. It is only for any outliers to this group that Ant would have to be recoded. Realizing this, I would say it's better to wait until 1.7 (but why not 1.6.2?) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
