Re: [nant-dev] DependsTask Patch

[Ian MacLean]

I'd say NAntContrib as well. Its a good placce to try out new ways of 
doing things. If it becomes the a "standard usage" then of course we'll 
move it back.

Ian
Scott Hernandez wrote:
I'm inclined to put new tasks like this in NAntContrib. Does anyone have a
major complaint about that? We can always move it later.
As for your implementation; It seems okay. I'm a little confused about what
you've done for the "on" attribute. It looks like you are not expanding,
supporting expressions, for those values unless an additional attribute
"dynamic" is set. What is the value in this?
It would seem cleaner to me to just let the "on" attribute be auto-expanded.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James C. Papp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

 

DependsTask Patch

Here is an implementation of the <depends/> task.  It allows the use of
   

dynamic
 

dependencies which was possible with earlier versions of NAnt through the
<call/> task, but with current changes is now longer allowed (deprecation
   

of
 

the force attribute).

It is particularly useful for handling dependencies that change based on
   

some
 

input conditions/parameters, or when the dependencies are not known until
runtime.
Here's a quick example of the possibilities:

<target name="foo">
 <if test="${some-option}">
   <depends on="A, B, ${set-at-runtime-target}/>
 </if>
</target>
For more information about this, check out the thread: "[nant-dev] Change
   

to
 

"call" task makes upgrade difficult"

   

http://www.mail-archive.com/nant-developers%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg03105.html
 

Personally, I think it should be part of the core because it really is an
expansion of the <target/> depends attribute (they go hand-in-hand),
   

however; I
 

would be just as happy if everyone decided to stick it in NAntContrib.
   



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