On 2018-04-12, Gintautas Grigelionis wrote: > 2018-04-12 15:18 GMT+00:00 Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org>:
>> On 2018-04-12, Gintautas Grigelionis wrote: >>> 2018-04-12 14:39 GMT+00:00 Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org>: >>>> On 2018-04-11, Gintautas Grigelionis wrote: >>>>> XMLCatalogTest is an example of unit tests complicated by root >> property. >>>> Actually, the test even passes if you remove the line using the property >>>> as long as your current working directory is Ant's basedir :-) >>> What is the reason of having and/or keeping the property, anyway? >> Running the test when your current working directory is not the root of >> the Ant source tree. I don't know who does so, but it has been something >> somebody needed some time ago (and took the time to make it >> possible). Right now I don't see any reason to stop supporting that. > I'd say it's the other way around: unless I'm mistaken, I have to > remember to set the property in the IDEs that I use if I want to use a > test case for debugging. So IMHO it's an unnecessary complication for > no good reason. Ant test cases are not designed to be run from an IDE, this has never been a goal. I'm surprised this system property is the only thing you need to remember :-) Stefan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org
