Any of them that requires editing will be mentioned in the following sections. The remainder of the files / folders are standard Eclipse bundle files which don't require special mention.

source-bundle - contains the Orbit-formatted source bundle, whose content come from the source distribution of Apache Ant (more on this later).

lib - contains all of the jar files from the binary distribution of Apache Ant.

etc - contains all of the styles sheets for Ant tasks.

bin - contains all of the script files from the binary distribution of Apache Ant.

about_files - contain all of the license files directly from Apache.

The important parts to note in the bundle are: Once in your workspace, the bundle will look like the following: At the time of this writing the version used in Eclipse is 1.9.2, so you will want to check out the 1_9_2 branch of Ant from orbit. You can grab an older versionįrom the CVS repository, but you will have to rename it in your workspace (or its name will collide with the new version you are trying to create). The best way to see the expected shape of the Ant bundle is simply to look at an older (or current) version used by Eclipse. This section assumes you areįamiliar with the terminology of Eclipse bundles, using the PDE tools, testing / running JUnit tests and have read the relevant how-tos from the Orbit wiki The first step is to create the new Orbit bundle that can be used in your workspace (or installed in your host) to test with.

Assuming no problems - the platform is updated.

Once approved, the new version is added to Orbit.

A CQ is opened to get legal approval to use the new version.

Ant is taken from Apache site and converted to the Orbit bundle format.Is a quick overview of the process, with the following sections providing more details. Eclipse consumes Apache Ant from Orbit as a 'normal' Eclipse bundle rather than try to integrate Apache Ant as-is.

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