> -----Original Message----- > From: Ian MacLean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: dinsdag 9 november 2004 8:38 > To: Gert Driesen > Cc: 'Laurent ARNAL'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NAntC-Dev] Support for JSharp in SLiNgshoT, > > Gert Driesen wrote: > > >Hi Laurent, > > > >SLiNgshoT has actually been deprecated. Instead of creating > build files for > >VS.NET solutions/projects, we now have a <solution> task in NAnt that > >supports building VS.NET solutions/projects. > > > >Currently, the <solution> task does not support J# projects, > but this should > >be relatively easy to add. However, we are close to releasing > >NAnt/NAntContrib 0.85 (or 0.90, that is still to be > decided), so this won't > >make it into that release. > > > >However, if you're interesting : we're planning on refactoring the > ><solution> task code to make it more extensible and to allow > better support > >for different project types and versions of VS.NET. It would > be great if you > >could help us with the J# support. > > > > > > > another option is to look at extending Gordon Weakliems > stylesheet based > conversion process to handle j# projects. It can be found in > the tools > directory of NAntContrib cvs. See Gordons blog post for more > information : > http://www.eighty-twenty.net/blog/urn:www-eighty-twenty-net:1328.html > > The official line is that slingshot is deprecated in favour of the > solution tasks and if your goal is just to build projects in > the vs.net > format then this is correct. However if you really want to > convert those > projects to NAnt build files then it clearly isn't. The real > reason for > Slingshot being deprecated is that its currently not being maintained > and is suffering from bitrot. If someone is willing to step up and > maintain either it or Gordon's stylesheet based version then > we should > retain them. The solution task is excellent for what it does but it > doesn't cover the "convert vs projects to nant build files" use-case.
I agree and couldn't have said it better ;-) Gert PS. Ian, good to know you're still monitoring the crap I'm sending out ;-) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click _______________________________________________ NAntContrib-Developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nantcontrib-developer
