>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Is that ok? >> >http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/core/trunk/docs/manual/install >.html?view=diff&r1=577182&r2=577183&pathrev=577183 >> >Wow, quick work. Thanks, Jan, that looks great. I have a few >minor edits >and wanted to get the subdirectory info in there, but I'm having >Subversion issues today so I'll have to check in the changes later.
Ok - that is a starting point. >>> and not all Ant users are >>> programmers. Thanks. >> >> >> ??? really? What are the other scenarios (for non-developers)? >> >Well, I can think of several groups that I've seen running it. One is >sysadmins that use Ant for various deployment and system maintenance >tasks. They may even be responsible for keeping a build >machine running >for developers. They are technical, yes, but not necessarily >programmers. > >Another group is QA testers who may use Ant to automate testing, >particularly with tools like Canoo WebTest[1] or with a custom >built system. > >Yet another is anyone installing an application that requires the >running of Ant to perform or complete the installation. Any >application >distributed using Ant Installer[2] or Antigen[3] would fit into this >category, to name just two. > >Then there are all the document handling solutions such as the >one Mark >mentioned in his email. Ant is ideal for hiding multiple XSLT >transforms >and just "building" output documents from input XML. XML >Publication[4] >is another example of this. > >Those are just a few examples that spring to mind. I'm sure there are >many others. > >[1] http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/WebTestHome.html >[2] http://antinstaller.sourceforge.net/ >[3] http://antigen.sourceforge.net/ >[4] http://wwbota.free.fr/XMLPublication/doc/presentation.html Thanks you two for pointing out. Jan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
