From ant-dev-return-36778-qmlist-jakarta-archive-ant-dev=jakarta.apache.org@jakarta.apache.org Wed Aug 07 02:16:52 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-dev-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 92970 invoked from network); 7 Aug 2002 02:16:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 7 Aug 2002 02:16:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 23207 invoked by uid 97); 7 Aug 2002 02:17:21 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 23179 invoked by uid 97); 7 Aug 2002 02:17:20 -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 23167 invoked by uid 98); 7 Aug 2002 02:17:19 -0000 X-Antivirus: nagoya (v4198 created Apr 24 2002) X-Sent: 7 Aug 2002 02:16:54 GMT Message-ID: <3D508315.2020303@ehatchersolutions.com> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 22:16:53 -0400 From: Erik Hatcher User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020529 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ant Developers List Subject: Re: [VOTE] target-less build files References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Somehow this slipped through my usual careful radar of e-mails, and I apologize (switched to a new O/S and new e-mail client and the flood of e-mails has not stopped to let me catch my breath). Is this vote still on the table? I'm +0, if it still matters. I really like having all tasks be available at the top-level, but it would not matter to my personal builds whether targets were optional as I'd still use them myself. Erik Stefan Bodewig wrote: > Hi, > > after I've made these things possible, Peter has indicated that he > doesn't like them. Honestly, target-less build files have been the > driving force for me to tackle the "tasks outside of targets" part and > I would have liked an early indicator as I've said what I'd be doing > quite clearly several times, but hey ... > > Here we go. > > I like target-less build files as an easy entry for newbies as well as > a stripped down process for very simple things (Ant's own docs.xml > could perfectly be stated without targets at all). > > +1 to target-less build files. > > Stefan > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: