Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact ant-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 49332 invoked from network); 15 Jan 2001 01:02:56 -0000 Received: from mail.alphalink.com.au (203.24.205.7) by h31.sny.collab.net with SMTP; 15 Jan 2001 01:02:56 -0000 Received: from donalgar (d34-ps0-mel.alphalink.com.au [202.161.104.34]) by mail.alphalink.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA22982; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:03:03 +1100 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20010115104617.009e1100@alphalink.com.au> X-Sender: gdonald@alphalink.com.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 10:46:17 +1100 To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org From: Peter Donald Subject: Re: Property substitutions, Contributed Tasks, & New features Cc: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org In-Reply-To: <3A61CC12.7C9CFEC1@seaconinc.com> References: <20010113003432.29280.qmail@web117.yahoomail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Spam-Rating: h31.sny.collab.net 1.6.2 0/1000/N I think I agree ;) At 10:56 14/1/01 -0500, Roger Vaughn wrote: >Darned if this isn't the best proposal I've yet heard to answer this >long-running question. > >+1 > > >Diane Holt wrote: > >> --- James Duncan Davidson wrote: >> > If we go Workspace/Module -- >> >> Is "Module" defined as the current buildfile? >> >> Also, instead of having two separate tags to set a property, couldn't we >> just (I think something like this might have even been suggested before) >> add some attributes to : >> scope="global | module | target" >> static="yes | no" >> where: >> global = workspace-wide (carried into calls to sub-buildfiles) >> module = current buildfile only (any file "include"d gets these as well) >> target = current target only >> static = immutable or mutable >> >> The buildfile writer decides which to make what, based on the logic of how >> they put the put the build together. >> >> Diane >> >> ===== >> (holtdl@yahoo.com) > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: ant-dev-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org >For additional commands, e-mail: ant-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org > > Cheers, Pete *-----------------------------------------------------* | "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, | | and proving that there is no need to do so - almost | | everyone gets busy on the proof." | | - John Kenneth Galbraith | *-----------------------------------------------------*