Hi -- I realize this is probably beyond the scope of Ant, but I'm wondering whether there are any plans for configuration testing features to go into Ant.
- Checking versions of installed software (JDK, Apache, MySQL, etc.) - Checking versions of installed schemas (MySQL, LDAP, etc.) - Checking settings in other config files (httpd.conf, etc.) - Checking access controls (Web or DB login privileges, etc.) - Checking basic hardware attributes (file system privileges, free disk space, etc.) - Checking JARs in classpath - Updating properties files based on certain install-time checked values This is not traditionally in the realm of build-tools. However, it seems like many of the existing configuration tools (autoconf, metaconf) focus a fair amount of energy in reconfiguring source code files based on configuration-specific settings in order to build a particular piece of software that will run in that configuration. Much of that is taken care of for us by using Java in the first place, so I thought some of the remaining tasks (as outlined above) could be rolled into Ant or a similar tool. Are there any plans to add features like this to Ant anyway? How do you folks deal with these issues today? Are there other tools out there that address this need in a Java-savvy way? Thanks for your time! Ramon _________________________________ Ramon M. Felciano INGENUITY Systems, Inc.
