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From: "Jose Alberto Fernandez" <j_a_fernandez@yahoo.com>
To: <ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org>
Subject: RE: [Bug 1732] Changed - Add ability to remove a project property
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 13:31:53 +0100
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I really have a problem with this request.

I am a believer on inmutable properties. Even though there was a vote on
allowing changing properties, I think that is the wrong thing to do.
The only place I see for modifying the values of properties in when
executing the <ant*> family of tasks. Those taks create a new "project
environment" and as such are cleanly defining a new context for property
values. In those tasks, I would agree, we need the ability to specify that
some property, defined in the project caller, must be made undefined at the
begining of the project callee.

Of course, I am of the opinion the the current inheritance rules for
properties in subprojects need to be revised, and maybe this issue should be
part of it.

Comments,

Jose Alberto

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bugzilla@apache.org [mailto:bugzilla@apache.org]
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 10:31 PM
> To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: [Bug 1732] Changed - Add ability to remove a project property
>
>
> http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1732
>
> *** shadow/1732	Sun May 13 14:29:39 2001
> --- shadow/1732.tmp.12912	Sun May 13 14:30:41 2001
> ***************
> *** 4,10 ****
>   |        Bug #: 1732                        Product: Ant
>                  |
>   |       Status: NEW                         Version: 1.3
>                  |
>   |   Resolution:                            Platform: All
>                  |
> ! |     Severity: Normal                   OS/Version: All
>                  |
>   |     Priority: Medium                    Component: Core
> tasks              |
>
> +-------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------------+
>   |  Assigned To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org
>                  |
> --- 4,10 ----
>   |        Bug #: 1732                        Product: Ant
>                  |
>   |       Status: NEW                         Version: 1.3
>                  |
>   |   Resolution:                            Platform: All
>                  |
> ! |     Severity: Enhancement              OS/Version: All
>                  |
>   |     Priority: Medium                    Component: Core
> tasks              |
>
> +-------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------------+
>   |  Assigned To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org
>                  |
>