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== ANT ==

 +Build script does not listen to a running target
 ++Listeners have only a limited amount of events http://ant.apache.org/manual/listeners.html
 +Ant extensions like macrodef try to solve DRY but there is a steep learning curve and very specific to Ant.

 Maybe the CI server is doing too much?

== MAVEN ==
Conventions and Dependency Management are strengths

Like Ant, Maven has one way communication.