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Thanks for feedback.


>I like the idea and the general implementation but have a problem with
>the name.  When I saw its name I thought you were writing task for the
>autotools suite and not a task that would configure other tasks.
>autotaskconf?

I dont know the autotools suite, so that name was more intuitive for me.



>Regarding the implementation I wonder whether you couldn't use
>IntrospecitionHelper (maybe by opening it up a little) instead of
>writing your own reflection logic to determine the possible attributes.
>I fear the task's logic is bound to be different from
>IntroSpectionHelper in subtle ways which could lead to confusing bugs.

I am not familiar with the ISH, so that didnt come to my mind.
I'll have a look (when I have my next time slot ;-)


So it was good to place it in the sandbox before :O


Jan

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