> I'm not sure whether or not this addresses your concern, but 
> let me give
> some background to the design of the data definitions used by 
> gump.  The
> way gump works is that definitions extend one another.  So we 
> could start
> with a base definition for what you would get if you simply 
> installed an
> ant package.  Another definition could add (extend or 
> subclass in OO terms)
> the original definition to add build information.
> 
> The only reason why the current xml files aren't factored out 
> this way just
> yet is that gump hasn't yet attracted enough of a user community.
> 
> > - I am afraid that by having local copies of project definitions
> > (jakarta-ant.xml) you, in effect, get the same behavior of people
> > maintaining versions of jars in CVS.
> 
> Does the above answer help clarify?

Yes. Thank you for the explanation of the data model.


-Naresh Sikha

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