> well I bet everything included in make was adding usability for someone at > a certain time and that turned into a mamoth monster which is not what Ant > wants to become :P I suspect the main make problem is not its size and power but unmodularity. Introducing the concept of "tasks" to ant was the really bright idea. So, I guessed, the keyword is not size but modularity and extensibility. Unfortunately, substitution cannot be performed using standard existing extension means (tasks) that is why I asked about it. Now I see the perspective in this area:(
Also small questions: The Rmic task always uses rmic. But there is also jiffyc - much faster tool. Probably, some property a la "build.compiler" should be introduced. Same question about jar and fastjar pair. Using jikes with 1.2 is somewhat tricky because it requires standard java jars in CLASSPATH (or JIKESPATH). How this issue is handled when build.compiler = jikes? -- Sergey V. Udaltsov [EMAIL PROTECTED]
