Hi, Yeah, Ant is good at generating manifests. The decision to use or not use (and then remove) manifest files should be up to each component's developers. I think we should encourage their use to assist in dependency resolution.
Yoav Shapira Millennium Research Informatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Emmanuel Bourg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 4:58 AM >To: Jakarta Commons Developers List >Subject: Re: [general] MANIFEST files... > >Actually even Ant is able to generate a custom manifest file, the file >in src/conf could be easily replaced. > >http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/jar.html > >Emmanuel Bourg > > >Stephen Colebourne wrote: > >> I have no plans to use maven for releasing [collections], so such a >sweeping >> plan would be dubious! >> >> Stephen >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Henri Yandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>>Each jakarta-commons module has a src/conf/MANIFEST.MF. Apart from older >>>[and I think no longer active] build.xml files, I don't really see >>>anything using these. >>> >>>Are they dead? Can we kill them? >>> >>>Maven is automatically generating manifests for us for most releases I >>>think. >>> >>>Hen >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
