On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 04:02:26PM +1100, Peter Donald wrote: > At 01:18 25/2/01 +1100, Jeff Turner wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I recently tried to compile Ant from CVS, and got a whole bunch of > warnings. Turns out I had pedantic mode on in my ~/.ant.properties file[1]. > > Yep ;) Though I would love to make Ant more conformant with JLS I believe > there is several broken 1.1 compilers out there that we have to support ;( > > For Ant2.0 where it will be Java1.2+ specific we can remove the suport for > these compilers.
Fair enough :) > However if people were willing to allow Ant1.x usable by 1.1 but only > compilable by 1.2+ then that could be an option ? (ie my preferred option) > > >b) Declare that pedantic mode is not to be used in Ant, and prevent people > like me gettings warnings by modifying build.xml thusly: > > alternatively you could place "build.compiler.pedantic=false" in the > per-project properties file - this is what I do ;) So drop a > .ant.properties into jakarta-ant directory that has that in it and you > should be fine. I guess that's best. Modifying build.xml is too much like sweeping the problem under the carpet. --Jeff > > Cheers, > > Pete > > *-----------------------------------------------------* > | "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, | > | and proving that there is no need to do so - almost | > | everyone gets busy on the proof." | > | - John Kenneth Galbraith | > *-----------------------------------------------------* > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
