# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| apache-ant: Apache Ant (Java-Based Build Tool) apache-ant: apache-ant: In theory, it is kind of like Make, but without Make's wrinkles apache-ant: Why another build tool when there is already make, gnumake, nmake apache-ant: jam, and others? Because all those tools have limitations that Ant apache-ant: original author couldn't live with when developing software across apache-ant: multiple platforms. apache-ant: apache-ant: apache-ant: apache-ant: