---- you Daniel Rall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote ----
> +1 on no build.{sh,bat} files...users should install Ant and use the
> `ant` command.-1 to an xml (or jakarta) *requirement* that projects delete their build.bat/sh files. +1 to a *suggestion* that projects consider removing them and documenting links to the Ant install. Although I agree with the goal to simplify, and the idea of simply installing Ant and using that (thus all the project needs is build.xml), I certainly plan to keep copies of build.bat/sh in the Xalan codebase for some time to come. While it's a nice idea that we're all responsible and knowledgeable enough to install Ant itself, I just don't think that's true for the end user community. It's definitely a convenience for some users to be able to use and make small changes to Xalan without having to download any other products. If this actually does get us more users, and over time more patches/bug reports/suggestions/committers, then I see it as a win. Of course duplicating code (which is essentially what we're doing) is a maintenance issue - one that the Xalan community understands and will actively manage. We'll also make sure that our build.xml also works with default installs of Ant and with Gump, as you can see we've been doing for some time (smoketest fails this week are expected due to bugs; they're being worked on). - Shane (Sorry, I've also been behind on this thread) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
