> > > I have declared a policy on what we will name new properties. Is > > > this a good formal policy to have? > > > > <snip/> > > > > > If new properties get added (it happens), expect them to appear > > > under the "ant." and "org.apache.tools.ant" prefixes, unless the > > > developers have a very good reason to use another > > > prefix. Accordingly, please avoid using properties that begin > > > with these prefixes, to reduce the risk that future Ant releases > > > break your build file.
another +1. we can modify <property>to give a warning when these names are used. > > maybe we should reserve the "build." prefix as well - > > build.sysclasspath and CVS HEAD's build.clonevm. I wouldnt do that - I cant count the numbers of buildfiles where I have seen build.dir and build.classes ... Jan
