How do you propose to deal with the NAntContrib sources ? will they be moved into /src/NAnt.Optional and /tests/NAnt.Optional or will they be integrated into the current namespace structure ?
I would still like to get rid of needing a COM interop assembly for SourceSafe (and if possible also for StarTeam, don't know if that's possible though). Can't we create a wrapper for the vss commandline tool ? Gert On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 18:53, Ian MacLean wrote: > OK I bit the bullet on this today and copied all the NAntContrib tasks > to a new NAnt.Optional directory under my nant source tree. > I went thru and fixed all the issues Mike mentiond and then some. > Nothing too difficult just lots of find and replace. It all compiles and > the tasks load fine. I'm not going to commit this to the nant tree just > yet because: > > 1) I don't think we are quite agreed that we should move all those tasks > into NAnt ( although I'm starting to lean that way ) and > 2) if we do move them I'll get the sf admins to import the .rcs files so > that we can preserve the history. > > what I'll do is post the updated source as a zip tomorrow so that people > can try it out and test that their favourite nantcontrib tasks are still > working. > > NAnt.OptionalTasks.dll and dependencies weigh in at around 1mb which > won't make the distribution too much larger. I'm going to propose that > the optional stuff goes into a subdir of bin. so: > bin\optional > > this way there is less clutter in the main bin directory and users will > be able to change a taskpath setting in the config file to prevent > scanning of NAnt.OptionalTasks.dll for tasks if they don't want to use it. > > so any feedback on the strategy to take - and stay posted for that .zip. > > Ian > > >I am concerned about the friction NAnt users are experiencing trying to > >contribute and in general use the NAntContrib tasks: > >http://www.iunknown.com/000278.html > > > >I would love to help clean up NAntContrib. I have some recent experience > >from updating the StarTeam tasks. I will take a look at the items Mike > >listed and see what I can do. If anyone can relay motes of wisdom please > >jump in. > > > >Kevin Miller > > > >------- > >From: Mike Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Updating Nant-Contrib to latest Nant > >2003-06-25 14:56 > > I spent a couple of hours looking at updating Nant-Contrb last night to > > > > compile against the latest NAnt, and realised its a lot more than just > > changing the namespace hierarchy from Sourceforge.Nant to Nant.Core. > > Other updates since Nant 0.8.2 that effect Nant-Contrib include: > > - Logging has completely changed > > - Log Listeners have disappeared, so FileLogListener and the RecordTask > > > > need to change significantly > > - Some classnames have changed (e.g. 'MsftFXSDKExternalProgramBase') > > - Some stuff has moved to Nant.Core.Types > > - OptionCollection stuff seems to have completely changed > > - and more (I think) > > > > > > > > > In light of this, the fact that I don't know Nant-Contrib very well, > >and > > also that there aren't a significant amount of tests, I'm now reluctant > > > > to update the whole of Nant-Contrib. I'm only using the <mkiisdir> > >task, > > so can just update that locally.. > > > > ....However, I'm going to bold now and give my opinion which the > >project > > leads are more than free to completely disregard. :) > > > > I don't really understand why Nant-Contrib and Nant are 2 separate > > projects. I can see the value in having separation to some extent (e.g. > > > > downloadable binaries, so that users don't have to download a bunch of > > tasks that they don't want), but on the other hand complete separation > > leads to (a) confusion in the user community and (b) the kind of > > situation that currently exists where there are significant differences > > > > between the 2 trees. I personally think it would be valuable, > >therefore, > > if the following happened: > > 1 - As a goal, the Nant-Contrib project should be phased out > > 2 - All the work (that is going to continue to live on) from > > Nant-Contrib should be (task-by-task) brought into the Nant project, > > maybe under a separate directory called 'optional-tasks'[a] > > 3 - The Nant buildfile should compile both the NAnt Core, the existing > > extra tasks and the 'optional-tasks' so that the latter of these don't > > get out of sync with changes to the core. > > 4 - ... a result of which would be the tasks imported from Nant-Contrib > > > > would also be updated to fit in with latest NAnt > > > > [a] - I actually think that some of the (smaller) tasks from > > Nant-Contrib maybe better off in the main Nant download. Perhaps the > > NAnt committee would want to think about each task on a case-by-case > >basis. > > > > Of course, I'm a newbie round here, and there are probably very good > > reasons for the separation of the projects and I'm just being > > presumptuous to suggest such a plan of action. :) > > > > Cheers, > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU > >Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. > >Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. 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