Stefan Bodewig wrote: > * create the concept of workspace so that projects can be built in a > DAG and thus enable projects like catalina/tomcat to have an easy > build process. It also helps CJAN to a lesser degree and would > partially solve the JARs in CVS thing.
+1 on the concept, no comment on existing implementations. :-) > * Project inheritance Given Stephane's explaination of the request, I'm a -1 on this. Too much effort for too little gain in my opinion. > * Target inheritance. ie The ability to include targets from other > project files overidining them as necessary (so cascading project > files). I'd need a good use case for overriding. -1 for now. > * Add an attribute to <ant> to feed back the environment (properties and > taskdefs) from the child build to the parent. I'm guessing this can be handled with scoping rules... hmm... with the possible exception of taskdefs. > * Allow a target to depend on a target which is in another buildfile. > > * Allow a target to reference properties defined in another buildfile. +1 with good reference syntax. Glenn
