Cool. Alex Glosband (one of our QA guys) has been doing the same thing, but he's on vacation this week. Perhaps we can compare approaches next week.
--G > -----Original Message----- > From: Russell Butek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 10:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PATCH] ant build file still ugly > > > I think we all agree our build process needs to change. > There's a fellow I > work with - Matt Seibert - who has been toying with the tests > part of the > build - making tests individually runnable, turning tests > on/off easily, > adding tests easily, etc. Matt should have something working in his > sandbox by next week and he'll present it to axis-dev when it's done. > > Russell Butek > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > "Steve Loughran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 05/22/2002 07:23:33 PM > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: "axis-dev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: [PATCH] ant build file still ugly > > > > hmm, its been about a week since I pointed out that the main > build.xml was > in trouble because > > -it uses <property location> instead of <property value> , so > paths work > property in sub-builds you run in their subdirectories > > -it didnt have the descriptions that ant1.5beta1 requires when > calling -projecthelp > > This patch is a repeat of the previous patches, with all changes > incorporated into the build file. > > EVERYTHING STILL WORKS > > This is not a complete rework of the build process, it is baby steps > towards > a robust build file tree. As such, the changes are minor; > there is nothing > to fear. > > Since my last posting was so completely ignored, I am going > to open this as > a defect so you cant so easily neglect it. Also I will keep > reminding you, > and if nobody has fixed it in a couple of weeks I am going to > > a) assume that you are actually happy with the current state > of the build > process, to the point that even baby steps are untenable > b) stop trying to fix it > c) update the ant documentation to cite xml-axis as how not > to structure > large projects, probably in the Ant in Anger paper. Maybe > I'll do this in > time for the next Ant1.5beta > > Your choice :) > > -steve > > > >
