Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-ant-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 69564 invoked from network); 5 Apr 2004 10:45:14 -0000 Received: from daedalus.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (208.185.179.12) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 5 Apr 2004 10:45:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 61793 invoked by uid 500); 5 Apr 2004 10:45:11 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-ant-dev-archive@ant.apache.org Received: (qmail 61744 invoked by uid 500); 5 Apr 2004 10:45:10 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@ant.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 dev@ant.apache.org Received: (qmail 61730 invoked from network); 5 Apr 2004 10:45:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO palrel12.hp.com) (156.153.255.237) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 5 Apr 2004 10:45:10 -0000 Received: from hplms2.hpl.hp.com (hplms2.hpl.hp.com [15.0.152.33]) by palrel12.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B15221C0193D for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 03:45:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iseran.com (chamonix.hpl.hp.com [15.144.25.135]) by hplms2.hpl.hp.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/HPL-PA Hub) with ESMTP id i35Aj7DR006700 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 03:45:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <407138B3.2060207@iseran.com> Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 11:45:07 +0100 From: Steve Loughran User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (X11/20040208) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ant Developers List Subject: Re: Suggested Diff: UnknownElement.java References: <4070DD73.66411A4D@purematrix.com> <40712115.2000900@corvil.com> In-Reply-To: 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: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Stefan Bodewig wrote: > On Mon, 05 Apr 2004, Peter Reilly wrote: > > >>I am not sure it is good advice to tell people to recompile ant, in >>the (already alarming) error message that most ant newbies see. > > > I agree. The statement should be conditional in that it says "look > whether it actually conatins something, if you have compiled Ant > yourself". > Given the message is already so long, why not refer the reader to a page on ant.apache.org that covers the topic in all its detail. Then we can extend it whenever we want without having to patch the code or have a message that fills a 24x80 terminal so much that the user has to scroll up to find out what failed. -Steve --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@ant.apache.org