Is it just me, or are there more people that feel that the solution- task belongs in nantcontrib and not in the nant distribution itself? In nantcontrib it would sit besides other "product specific" tasks like "vssget" and "mkiisdir" and, just like not everybody uses VSS and IIS, net everybody uses VS.NET.
Moreover, there are lot of issues with the solution task and unavoidably so. solution- & project-files are intended for consumption by VS.NET and the only kind of supportable automated build one can base on them is a "devenv" subclass of ExternalProgramBase that feeds devenv.exe with the appropriate command line parameters. Any complaints about how this behaves [and there will be plenty] should subsequently be directed at Microsoft. The solution task on the other hand, seeks to *emulate* the largely undocumented and often intractable behavior of a proprietary piece of software. This is something that can never be reliably achieved. The nant- development team can not, nor should it want to, take responsibility for reproducing VS.NET-behavior in their own software. As an example of just how insidious VS.NET really is, http://hex.xs4all.nl/ClassLibrary1.zip gives a small sample of a VS.NET project that nant will (hopefully) never be able to build: the project file is illegal XML and VS.NET doesn't like it if you fix that. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 09:39 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Nant-users digest, Vol 1 #1245 - 7 msgs > > > Send Nant-users mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Nant-users digest..." > > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Nant-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users
