Peter Donald wrote:
>
> At 08:18 11/1/01 -0500, David Corbin wrote:
> >Using this logic, we should all be riding around on stone wheels. When
> >a tool is hard to use, or has particular downsides, that's the perfect
> >time to reinvent it. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for standards, and
> >I'm all for using existing tools, but there is nothing wrong with
> >replacing a stone-hammer with a rubber mallet if that's what the job
> >calls for. In fact, I'd argue ANT wouldn't exist with the attitude you
> >presented here.
>
> Feel free to rewrite a simpler XSLT, write extensive documentation and
> document it then. It is free software community - if you want to reinvent
> the wheel you can. Personally I try to limit my reinvention to when it's
> needed thou YMMV.
I do try to limit my re-invention. But, when the architecture is
fatally flawed, it can't just be re-written. Maybe my understanding of
XSLT is the thing that's fatally flawed. Let's return to the original
issue. I asked about writing parameterized tasks (with a small
reference to includes). You said, XSLT will handle that. Can you show
me how? Does it require a second file, or is it integral to the
build.xml file?
Thanks.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pete
>
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