> Why can't the file seperators in the xml file be specified using
> ${file.separator} instead of having a standard file separator.Very long strings result. I don't think (right now) that the extra characters involved buys you anything over just being able to say "bar/foo" and having to deal with "\" "/" issues as they come. > * I had to update bootstrap.bat so the classpath includes tools.jar. > * I had to update build.bat so the classpath includes tools.jar > * I couldn't get compiles to work when using a compile type of modern (no > errors > produced and no class files produced). Did modern ever get implemented. Last I left it, it was just an empty method that would do exactly as you say (oops.). > * The example in the doco for the exec task doesn't work for Windows NT. For > it > to work, I had to specify the full name "Windows NT" as the operating system. > Maybe the doco could be improved to say that the operating system you specify > must be a complete string (not a substring of the operating system name). Or we need to define shortcuts that expand. For example "win" matches "windows 98" or "Windows NT" or "Windows 2000" > * I couldn't find any mention of what happens when a task fails and if there > is > a way to catch that error and perform another task (such as sending an email > to > someone notifying them that the build failed). Maybe there is a way to do > this > setting properties?? Nope. If a task fails, execution stops. No other error handling is allowed right now. .duncan
