Bug 767710 - ant is too old
Summary: ant is too old
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: ant
Version: 6.1
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Java maintainers
QA Contact: qe-baseos-tools-bugs
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-12-14 17:28 UTC by Boris Folgmann
Modified: 2012-04-30 13:05 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-04-30 13:05:55 UTC
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Description Boris Folgmann 2011-12-14 17:28:45 UTC
Description of problem:
ant was too old in RHEL 5 and is still too old in RHEL 6!
ant 1.7 copylibs doesn't support the "indexMetaInf" attribute which is required to develop software for the Google App Engine.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
ant-1.7.1-13.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
Trying to start local GAE
  
Actual results:
copylibs doesn't support the "indexMetaInf" attribute

Expected results:
should start local GAE for testing

Additional info:
Please see http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=198848

Comment 3 Suzanne Logcher 2012-02-14 23:24:32 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
ask your support representative to propose this request, if
appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
exception in the current release, please ask your support
representative.

Comment 4 Stanislav Ochotnicky 2012-04-30 13:05:55 UTC
Since new release would break API/ABI compatibility (removal of several jars, for example ant-nodeps and ant-trax), it will not be possible to update it at all.  It might be possible to package additional version of ant, but current ant will not be updated.

If you have a support contract, make sure to make your request known to your support representative so we can properly evaluate interest in new addition.

Due to above reasons closing as won't fix.


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