Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-dev-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 82536 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2002 20:43:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 21 Jul 2002 20:43:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 7045 invoked by uid 97); 21 Jul 2002 20:43:49 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 7025 invoked by uid 97); 21 Jul 2002 20:43:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ant-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Ant Developers List" Reply-To: "Ant Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 7009 invoked by uid 98); 21 Jul 2002 20:43:48 -0000 X-Antivirus: nagoya (v4198 created Apr 24 2002) Message-ID: <20020721204258.85721.qmail@web13406.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 13:42:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Diane Holt Subject: RE: [VOTE] target-less build files (plus a new proposal) To: Ant Developers List In-Reply-To: <000001c1ff60$a7ac1320$7d30d9d5@ara> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N --- Ara Abrahamian wrote: > It's like a book without chapters :-) Actually, it's more like: Now you can write a short story, if that's all the story you have to tell; or a novella, if you have a bit more; or a novel, if you've got even more; or even a "A la recherche du temps perdu", if you've got lots and lots of stories to tell :) > With targets you have a simple mechanism to define small functions in > your build, call them, depend on them. If you have a need to, sure. But why should we require that? > Like you "extract variable" in refactoring of your java code, you > also "extract target" in your build file, you give it a good name > and the build file is more readable then. I don't happen to see it that way. I find a sequential list of tasks to perform just as (and in some cases, more) readable. > I really don't find a target-less build file useful. Then you likely wouldn't write one. > [proposal for reusable build files] > So what do you think? I think you should probably start it in a separate thread so it doesn't get buried in this one. Diane ===== (holtdl@yahoo.com) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: