On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 15:04 +0100, sebb wrote: > On 03/08/06, Oleg Kalnichevski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Folks, > > > > I am a big fan of Ant 1.6 feature that enables multiple modules to share > > common build tasks. This makes build files of individual modules much > > cleaner and less prone to errors. Unfortunately this poses a problem > > preventing us from including Ant build files into the source > > distribution of HttpComponents modules, as build files are dependent on > > a specific location of build-common.xml in the file system. > > Can't one use relative path names here?
The path is actually relative: <import file="../project/build-common.xml"/> The trouble is it points at the 'project' directly which available only if one checks it out from SVN. This is not a big deal for those who work with SVN, but may pose a problem for those who just get a source package off the download page. Oleg > > > Secondly, I am about to start changing the SVN structure of HttpCore > > module in order to introduce sub-modules, which will also require a > > significant rewrite of build-common.xml and will make it even more > > complex. > > > > This all leads to believe that we will be much better off with > > self-contained build.xml and should do away with build-common.xml. The > > inevitable duplication of common tasks in individual build files seems > > like a lesser evil to me. > > > > What do you think? > > > > Oleg > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
