--- Jose Alberto Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I have to agree with Wolf's analysis of the situation with <echo>. In
> > fact, I agree so much I've made the changes he's suggested
> > and commited
> > them. :-)
> >
>
> -1, I would have prefered to keep the logging capabilities for a
> different
> task.
> A subclass of <echo> perhaps.
One thing to consider is that for a new user deciding between <echo> and
<log> might not be obvious. Keeping the number of tasks that do similar
things to a minimum is a desireable thing IMHO. I think it is ok to provide
different attributes to the <echo> task to get different behavior rather
than different, but functionally similar tasks. Think (although I'm sure
someone out there is going to flame me for this :) ):
echo "my message"
vs.
echo "my message" > /var/mylog
vs.
echo "my message" | logger
vs.
echo "my message" > /dev/null
sim
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