Re: New repository task

2004-12-13 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004, Matt Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Stefan Bodewig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I suppose that chain of events would suggest that the answer to > your question is "yes", though "finally understood" makes the Ant > committers sound like a bunch of dinosaurs. ;) > >

Re: New repository task

2004-12-08 Thread Matt Benson
--- Russell Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 08:35:06 -0800 (PST), Matt Benson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [SNIP] > > tasks). Unless I have misunderstood it > dependencies > > is more Maven-centric than so I feel [SNIP] > I believe that you did misunderstand it. The > task i

Re: New repository task

2004-12-08 Thread Russell Gold
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 08:35:06 -0800 (PST), Matt Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When Russell first brought his dependencies task to > the table, I reiterated the general policy regarding > the introduction of new tasks, especially where they > interacted with software other than Ant (aka optional

Re: New repository task

2004-12-08 Thread Matt Benson
--- Stefan Bodewig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Matt Benson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (edited for brevity) > > See: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=10935231277&r=1&w=2 > > (particularly DD's response) > > and > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ant-dev&m=109882328509244&w=2

Re: New repository task

2004-12-08 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Matt Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Stefan Bodewig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Matt Benson >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > It's a sign of the times... >> >> > > See: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=10935231277&r=1&w=2 > (p

Re: New repository task

2004-12-07 Thread Peter Reilly
I think that for this to be really usefull, one would need to use the task. See http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28228 It does have some issues (sub-projects affecting the main project, and when ant is used in an ide) but it's benifits outweigh the drawbacks.. For example: jun

Re: New repository task

2004-12-07 Thread Steve Loughran
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:22:40 -0600, Groboclown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 22:27:12 +, Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Also, and this is important, you dont need to use it to download stuff. > > Instead you can use it to manage libraries that you depend on

Re: New repository task

2004-12-07 Thread Groboclown
On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 22:27:12 +, Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, and this is important, you dont need to use it to download stuff. > Instead you can use it to manage libraries that you depend on. (We may > want to change behaviour to say if you dont specify a repository, that

Re: New repository task

2004-12-07 Thread Matt Benson
--- Stefan Bodewig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Matt Benson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's a sign of the times... > > See: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=10935231277&r=1&w=2 (particularly DD's response) and http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ant-dev&m=109882

Re: New repository task

2004-12-07 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Matt Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's a sign of the times... Stefan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New repository task

2004-12-06 Thread Russell Gold
On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 22:27:12 +, Steve Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > One thing I can't find is why this is being put into ant core and not > > an optional task. Could anyone help me out here? Thanks. > > It's a bootstrapping thing. If its optional, well, its optional so it > may

Re: New repository task

2004-12-06 Thread Steve Loughran
> > One thing I can't find is why this is being put into ant core and not > an optional task. Could anyone help me out here? Thanks. It's a bootstrapping thing. If its optional, well, its optional so it may not be there. Which makes it a lot harder to use the task to retrieve optional stuff.

Re: New repository task

2004-12-06 Thread Matt Benson
It's a sign of the times... -Matt --- Groboclown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been out of the Ant developer discussions for > about two or three > months now (way too much going on), and I'm trying > to get caught up on > the repository task. > > One thing I can't find is why this is being

New repository task

2004-12-06 Thread Groboclown
I've been out of the Ant developer discussions for about two or three months now (way too much going on), and I'm trying to get caught up on the repository task. One thing I can't find is why this is being put into ant core and not an optional task. Could anyone help me out here? Thanks. -- -M