RE: [platform-ant-dev] Apache Ant as feature

["Sikha, Naresh" <Naresh.Sikha@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Darin.

 

I just verified with a clean install of Eclipse 2.0.2 that the default preferences for org.eclipse.ant core are updated appropriately when I install a new version of org.apache.ant.

 

You have provided us with several options, one of which is 'Reset the default preferences for Ant, if they currently specifiy Ant 1.4.1'.

 

I don't think I will need to create custom installer code now.

 

Thanks again.

 

-Naresh

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Darin Swanson [mailto:Darin_Swanson@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:00 AM
To: platform-ant-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: 'platform-ant-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx'; platform-ant-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [platform-ant-dev] Apache Ant as feature

I 
forgot we had a bug in the 2.0 stream where the preferences were persisted in 
the default state even if the user had never made any changes. This is fixed in 
the 2.1 stream but that doesn't help you. 
So if your plan is to provide this for customers before they have ever 
used Ant in the workspace (or looked at the preferences) it will work. 
Otherwise, it would appear that you will need 
to delete the plugin preferences for the org.eclipse.ant.core plugin. 

Darins

"Sikha, Naresh" <Naresh.Sikha@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: platform-ant-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx 02/06/03 10:43 AM Please respond to platform-ant-dev

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This is great news (and makes sense). Then, perhaps, there are some 
subtle issues in the Ant preferences pane. Allow me to describe. 
  
I have deployed a new version of org.apache.ant (1.5.1). When 
I bring up the Ant preferences pane, the Classpath URLs point to the ant.jar and 
optional.jar in org.apache.ant_1.4.1. However, when I click the 'Restore 
Defaults' button, the URLs are updated to org.apache.ant_1.5.1! 
  
So, it seems the .metadata/plugins cache of prefs for Ant core are older 
than the defaults, but synchronizing the change is not happening - or am I 
missing something? 
  
Thanks for your explanations. 
  
-Naresh 
  
-----Original 
Message-----
From: Darin Swanson 
[mailto:Darin_Swanson@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 
8:31 AM
To: platform-ant-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: 
[platform-ant-dev] Apache Ant as feature


I will answer the questions I can...the rest I would ask on 
eclipse.tools for help from the update committers. 

- Why does 
org.eclipse.ant.core keep absolute location paths to Ant? Couldn't this be a 
variable so the org.eclipse.ant.core will just utilize the currently running 
version of the org.apache.ant plugin? 

The absolute references are what is 
exposed to the user.  Underneath, that Ant core preferences will look for 
the org.apache.ant plugin, query that plugin for its runtime libraries (ant.jar, 
optional.jar) and then adds those URLs to the classpath.   

So if you 
replace the plugin, it should just work "automagically". You should not have to 
update the preferences at all. 

HTH 
Darins