-1, Why change from an explicit declaration of the default target to one based on implicit convention. You can adopt this convention without changing Ant. Why force it everyone else?
Conor > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Donald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 29 March 2001 1:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Another feature request?? > > > Hi, > > I think it would be a good idea to remove the attribute default from > project tag. Instead we could always call the main target. This of course > could be aliased to other real targets like > > <target name="main" depends="jars" /> > > This change would mean that you would no longer have to think (yaya!!!) > when trying to figure out which target is running when no parameters > supplied. > > Thoughts? > 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 | > *-----------------------------------------------------* > >
