Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-user-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 46843 invoked from network); 27 Nov 2001 07:46:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 27 Nov 2001 07:46:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 1346 invoked by uid 97); 27 Nov 2001 07:46:10 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-ant-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 1330 invoked by uid 97); 27 Nov 2001 07:46:10 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ant-user-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Ant Users List" Reply-To: "Ant Users List" Delivered-To: mailing list ant-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 1315 invoked from network); 27 Nov 2001 07:46:09 -0000 X-Authentication-Warning: bodewig.bost.de: bodewig set sender to bodewig@bost.de using -f To: ant-user@jakarta.apache.org Subject: Re: Proposal: "Local" Immutable properties References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011127154315.00a98250@actwelsvr14> From: Stefan Bodewig Date: 27 Nov 2001 08:40:20 +0100 Message-ID: Lines: 22 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) XEmacs/21.4 (Civil Service) 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 On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Bevan Arps wrote: > We on the list seem to be agreeing that properties should all be > immutable. Not really, see the last sentence in the first paragraph of the section "New/Modified Features" - I really should add some anchors to this document. > But should they all be global? We had a recent thread about property scoping on ant-dev, see , we've not come to a conclusion yet, which is probably my fault. > I have a suggestion: How about adding a new attribute to target > specifying local-properties that works as follows. I'd really love to discuss some use-cases for this, can we move that over to ant-dev? Maybe picking up the thread I've mentioned above? Stefan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: