Peter Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 03:05 26/4/01 +0200, Stefan Bodewig wrote:
>>> I am concerned that we are sacrificing usability here. >> >>Don't think so. > > What you don't think I am concerned or you don't think we are > sacrificing usability? ;) You didn't sound overly concerned ;-) >>IMHO the opposite is true. You don't want to run depend unless you >>know you've changed the non-private interface of a class or >>interface. No need to recompile all classes depending of A if I >>only change the implementation of a method in A. > > Ahh - you mean trust the prgrammers are aware of all the > implications of changes they make? I tend to do so, yes. But maybe I'm just used to work with smart people. 8-) > Doesn't that go against the grain of every software engineering aim. Probably yes. Let me lift my -1 to a -0 if two conditions are met (1) it is optional (2) we keep a separate <depend> task for projects that need multiple <javac> tasks, but don't want to run depend several times. Stefan
