Jon Stevens wrote:
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> on 8/14/01 9:37 AM, "Stephane Bailliez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > I don't think that we can decently generate build files.
>
> I disagree.
>
> I'm not talking about generating full build files that do all the magic
> anyone could ever need. Of course that won't work.
>
> What I'm talking about is generating shells of build files that have a
> common set of targets (not necessarily filled in with stuff) as well as
> parts to help with the dependency checking and future jjar/cjan integration.
To start with, I think it would be a good thing if more projects
followed something like this:
http://www.gnu.org/manual/make-3.79.1/html_chapter/make_14.html#SEC121
which has the standard targets for Makefiles. In the autoconf/automake
world, doing ./configure;make;make install will work (I would guess) 90%
of the time so it would be great if we could say the same for people
using Ant. I shouldn't have to do 'ant --projecthelp' to find out the
possible targets I can use.
>
> Take a look at jakarta-turbine's build file sometime.
>
> Take a look at how Torque generates empty Java classes which you can fill in
> with your own methods that implement the business logic of your application.
> These java classes extend base classes which have a common set of methods
> which can be used to help you write your business objects.
>
I started working on something like this for Tigris but stopped for
various reasons. Now might be a good time to start looking at it again.
josh
