From: "Bruce Atherton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > And forcing someone to build a system that > uses a feature in order to find out that > feature is deprecated strikes me as badness.
That is the general idea, I think - to make it as tough to use deprecated attributes/tasks as possible :-) > > Then there is the question of learning how > ant works by reading other people's build files. > If the build files work and you can't figure > out how they work by reading the documentation, > that can be a frustrating experience for a new > user (who may not recognize the significance > of the deprecation warnings when they come up). They will work, but show up with big 'DEPRECATED' warnings at runtime. That would convey the message to the user pretty clearly, IMO. Cheers, Magesh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
