Sounds alot like Jam... now if we can just have a way to define "rules"... :)
Diane --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I think we're on the same page here - Ant should read in all the project > files in one phase, create the DAG, then run the build in another phase. > I > don't think this is how JDD's proposal works, however. Targets in > subprojects don't get included in the main DAG. Instead, there's an > "exec-target" task that runs after the build has started: > > <exec-target target="optional" module="optional/Module"/> > > The idea I've been pushing works something like this. Using the Cons > examples, the main directory would have a file called "mysystem.ant" > that > looked like: > > <project name="mysystem"> > <import name="drivers"/> > <import name="parsers"/> > <import name="utilities"/> > ... > </project> > > Once a subproject is imported using the "import" statement, you can > reference its targets in the "depends" attribute the way you would any > other target. You just need to prefix it with the subproject name: > > <project name="mysystem"> > <import name="drivers"/> > ... > <target name="foo" depends="drivers:compile"> <!-- This target > depends on the "compile" target in "drivers" --> > ... > </project> > > Since imports aren't tasks, but separate constructs, we can parse all of > the subprojects at the same time we parse the main project. And as a > result > we can build the entire DAG before we start executing tasks... > > Matt Foemmel > ThoughtWorks, Inc. > > > > > Peter Vogel > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: > "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > .com> cc: > > Subject: RE: Did somebody > say Shut up and Write? :) > 12/27/2000 > > 03:10 PM > > Please > > respond to > > ant-dev > > > > > > > > > > I'd like to echo this, JDD's proposal "feels right" from my > 12 years perspective doing configuration management/automated > build/deployment. > > To draw from a tool that I think deserves to have some ideas > stolen and incorporated into ant, the mergeing of targets from > multiple project files is handled by CONS in the following > way: > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ===== ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/
