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
> 

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