Return-Path: 
 <ant-dev-return-18366-apmail-jakarta-ant-dev-archive=jakarta.apache.org@jakarta.apache.org>
Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-dev-archive@jakarta.apache.org
Received: (qmail 66689 invoked by uid 500); 12 Oct 2001 00:30:47 -0000
Mailing-List: contact ant-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
Reply-To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org
list-help: <mailto:ant-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org>
list-unsubscribe: <mailto:ant-dev-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org>
list-post: <mailto:ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org>
Delivered-To: mailing list ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org
Received: (qmail 66680 invoked from network); 12 Oct 2001 00:30:46 -0000
From: "Conor MacNeill" <conor@cortexebusiness.com.au>
To: <ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org>
Subject: RE: SUMMARY: loading tasks from jars for Ant 1.5 summary feedback
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:31:24 +1000
Message-ID: <NDBBIMHCHMPELMBMMFIMEELGHAAA.conor@cortexebusiness.com.au>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="Windows-1252"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0)
Importance: Normal
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700
In-Reply-To: <030901c152b3$6d3136d0$7691070f@cv.hp.com>
X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Loughran [mailto:steve_l@iseran.com]
> Sent: Friday, 12 October 2001 10:18 AM
> To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: Re: SUMMARY: loading tasks from jars for Ant 1.5 summary
> feedback
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Dawson" <tdawson@wamnet.com>
> To: <ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 14:24
> Subject: SUMMARY: loading tasks from jars for Ant 1.5 summary feedback
> 
> 
> > In summary of the previous thread the proposal is now:
> >
> > ------------
> > 1. Deployment Descriptor
> >
> > Specify a deployment descriptor for an antlib jar. This would reside in
> > "meta-inf/antlib.xml" and have a simple structure:
> >
> > <antlib version="1.0">
> >    <task name="..." class="..."/>
> >    <task name="..." class="..."/>
> >    <type name="..." class="..."/>
> >    <type name="..." class="..."/>
> > </antlib>
> >
> > NOTE: datatype shortened to "type" from previous proposal.
> >
> 
> What was so horribly wrong about my extra descriptor elements that caused
> them to be left out:-
> 
> "3. Other things that should go in the descriptor
> 
>     -minimum ant version supported
>     -home page of tasklib
>     -comment text
>     -tasklib URI
>     -tasklib version
> 

I would like to add a unique id based on reverse DNS style names

id="org.apache.ant.core.file"

I discussed this a while ago

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ant-dev&m=99074898525099&w=2