On Sun, 11 Aug 2019 11:56:38 +0200 Ondrej Pokorny via lazarus <lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
> On 11.07.2019 17:46, Michael Van Canneyt via lazarus wrote: > > The IDE now has proper support for Project groups. > > Hello, > > I started to use Project groups and also added the .lpg file to my > repository. I found out that the XML format is unusual (wrong). The > <Mode*> nodes are not subnodes to <BuildModes>: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <CONFIG> > <ProjectGroup FileVersion="1"> > <Targets Count="18"> > <Target0 FileName="xyz.lpi"> > <BuildModes Count="2"/> > <Mode1 Name="Debug" Compile="True"/> > <Mode2 Name="Release"/> > </Target0> > > Is this an intention? No > I ask because I wanted to update the file format to the new Lazarus > XML format (without the indexes and count attributes): > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <CONFIG> > <ProjectGroup FileVersion="1"> > <Targets> > <Target FileName="xyz.lpi"> > <BuildModes> > <Mode Name="Debug" Compile="True"/> > <Mode Name="Release"/> > </BuildModes> > </Target> > > and I have already helper functions for distinguishing between the > old and the new file formats but they can handle only the "correct" > old format (where item nodes are subnodes of the main node): > <BuildModes Count="2"/> > <Mode1 Name="Debug" Compile="True"/> > <Mode2 Name="Release"/> > </BuildModes> > > My question: because Project groups are usable only in trunk, Project groups are in 2.0. > I suggest to fix the old file format without backwards-compatibility: > <BuildModes Count="2"/> > <Mode1 Name="Debug" Compile="True"/> > <Mode2 Name="Release"/> > </BuildModes> > > That would mean that the Compile flags for build modes get lost and > the user must set them again. Are you fine with it? (Well, I am fine > with that.) I guess with a few lines of code you can read the old format and set the "Compile" flag. Mattias -- _______________________________________________ lazarus mailing list lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
