On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Jason Hunter wrote:
This thread is turning into a general discussion of core/optional tasks,
but I'm going to go back to the email thingy. I don't think tasks
involving email should be core tasks, since they make assumptions not only
about available libraries but also about available network infrastructure.
This is OK for some software, but Ant is a build tool, and when I think,
"build tool," I don't think, "Ah, yes, and I'll have to set that mail
server up as well..."
Many of us, like I, are used to working in a fully networked environment.
Feel for people who still have a stand-alone Win98 box ( <flamewar> they
run Micro$oft! Feel for them!</flamewar> ;-)
Cheerio
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