Hello, +1 with DDs views.
Regards, Antoine -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 08:04:57 -0500 Von: "Dominique Devienne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: "Ant Developers List" <dev@ant.apache.org> Betreff: Re: VOTE ant-vss antlib promote to antlib proper > > > I am +1 for moving VSS support into its own antlib. The only > > > problem is that adding the antlib to ANT_HOME/lib will not ensure > > > that existing build files will work, because to get the stuff > > > autoloaded, they need to declare it in a new namespace. Unless, > > > that is, the main defaults.properties file still declares the > > > existing task in its (new) location... > > > > > Good point, so if the vote passes, we should make sure that we > > implement the changes in a BWC way. > > +1 on making VSS an antlib. > > However, I'm not sure at all we should bind ourselves to moving things > to antlibs in a BC manner necessarily. One of the benefits to going > more towards releasing Ant as a smaller core and a set of antlibs is > to avoid trying to load a bunch of tasks (Jars) all the time, when a > fraction only is actually used. I personally don't think it's > unreasonnable to force <vss> users to explicitly load the antlib in > their build file, using XML NS or an explicit <antlib>. > > So, +1 on simply removing the vss entries to optional.properties, and > provide the antlib. --DD --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
