This is a bugfix release that has been overdue for quite some time. Some problems that have been annoying people have finally been fixed.
In addition 1.7.1 is supposed to be quite a bit faster than 1.7.0 in particular in cases where tasks deal with big resource collections or use Ant's custom classloader.
Java6 has gained a bit more support, and Ant has gained from Java6. The class I use in my "traditional" how-to-detect post can be used to ask the user for input without echoing the input (the normal "ask for a password" case) - if and only if Java6 is available.
The release should be available from the mirrors pretty soon, as usual in source and binary form.
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Keeping with a longer tradition here is how to detect Ant 1.7.1 or later:
<available property="Ant-1.7.1-or-later"
classname="org.apache.tools.ant.input.SecureInputHandler"/>
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