Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-user-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 4507 invoked from network); 3 Jul 2002 17:26:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 3 Jul 2002 17:26:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 6276 invoked by uid 97); 3 Jul 2002 17:26:55 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-ant-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 6260 invoked by uid 97); 3 Jul 2002 17:26:54 -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 6248 invoked by uid 98); 3 Jul 2002 17:26:54 -0000 X-Antivirus: nagoya (v4198 created Apr 24 2002) Message-ID: <20020703172642.44544.qmail@web13403.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 10:26:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Diane Holt Subject: Re: proposed: ant build contest To: Ant Users List In-Reply-To: <20020703130440.S1425@HP.home.home> 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 --- David Jencks wrote: > While I really like the JBoss build system and promote its use in every > project I come in contact with, this isn't what it does. The main > innovation (?) that I haven't seen elsewhere is that it divides the > project into more or less independent modules that can be built > individually, together with a master build file that runs all the > module build files and collects the module output into the master > output to assemble the finished product. Aside from the "and collects the module output..." bit, I don't think there's anything unique in that approach. The first Ant build process I put together (back at 1.2) did the "independent modules...with a master build file" thing -- and since lots of questions come through based around things like "I have a top-level build.xml file and sub-project build.xml files...", I suspect lots of people out there set their build up that way. Taking a quick look through their source tree, they do look to have some interesting tasks, though (some of which do things I'd love to see implemented in Ant -- like the task, which looks to basically be with a fail-if-not-available action). Diane ===== (holtdl@yahoo.com) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: