will the real Stefan please stand up? Mr. T
> -----Original Message----- > From: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 2:59 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [VOTE] The late stuff > > > > * Integration of the depends task and javac tasks > > Why, what's wrong with invoking two tasks in sequence? > > I usually have a pattern like this in my build files > > <target name="depend" if="dependprop"> > <depend srcdir="${sourcedir}" destdir="${classes}" > cache="dep.cache"> > <patternset refid="all.sources" /> > </depend> > </target> > > <target name="compile" depends="depend"> > <javac srcdir="${sourcedir}" destdir="${classes}" > encoding="iso-8859-1"> > <patternset refid="all.sources" /> > </javac> > </target> > > which makes it possible to compile without the depend task and only > run it, if I know I'm going to need it (by using ant -Ddependprop=1). > > You only need to run <depend> if you've made changes to the interface, > not the implementation of something, so running it all the time would > be a pain. > > I don't need to mention, that recompiling everything using jikes would > be faster than doing an extensive dependency check, as Pete will do > that 8-) > > > * recursive property resolution( ie resolving ${dist.${name}.dir} ) > > Could I have a use case for this please - something real > worldish, that > you cannot (conveniently) solve be something other than that? > > Stefan >
