News and Status
This document contains the latest news and status regarding the Antmod project. Announcements releated to Antmod are published here.

Current Status
Antmod 1.1rc3 is expected October 1, 2004.

Most importantly, the documentation and website is currently being completed. The build plugin flexibility is being improved, and Ant buildfiles are becoming easier to manage and use.

Antmod 1.1 final version is expected no later than December 1 2004.

News
1 September 2004 - Antmod 1.1rc2 released
Release candidate 2 features bugfixes, stability improvements, and preparations for the next release candidate's build plugin structure.

27 July 2004 - Antmod 1.1rc1 released
Release candidate 1 features rock solid repository management, and out-of-the-box Ant buildfiles that are getting close to ready for 1.1 final release.

15 July 2004 - Antmod joins java.net community
Antmod has officially joined the java.net community! Antmod aims to strengthen the java.net community, and speed up java development using Antmod's out-of-the-box repository and build facilities.

25 May 2004 - Antmod next generation announced!
Antmod is now officially being refactored into a layered architecture, with an SCM layer (supporting CVS and Subversion from the start), a release descriptor layer (supporting XML files from the start), and a build plugin layer for plugging in more functionality into the out-of-the-box Ant buildfiles.
As part of this, Antmod has moved to a new SourceForge project called "Antmod" such that the tool name is easier recognized.

10 May 2004 - Version 1.0 released on sourceforge
Antmod version 1.0 has been released on sourceforge.net under the "aduna-build" project. Features CVS support, release descriptors in the form of Ant files, and a test cycle of 3 months!

27 April 2004 - Aduna open sources its build system
Aduna, a leading semantic web software company in The Netherlands, has officially open sourced its build system under the Common Public License. Based on several years of experience in enterprise java projects, this build system can help many others in speeding up java development and managing releases and repositories efficiently.