Stephane Bailliez wrote:
<lobby>Description I don't think it is important and maybe it's me but I don't see the motivation, there's already a description attribute in the target.
Probably just needs a better title. The problem being addressed is the lack of project-wide
documentation. When you have a directory full of 50 buildfiles, many of which are called from
others, it becomes quite difficult to remember what they all DO :-)
This is the description for the _project_ not for any particular _target_ in a project. All 50 of my
buildfiles may have a "compile" target, but that doesn't help me very much to achieve a quick
understanding at the 50,000 foot level...
There were two approaches discussed, 1) adding a description attribute to the project and 2) adding
a <description> element. I originally coded up #1 (don't remember if I submitted it), but Stefan and others
felt that the element was more appropriate.
The need is real! I personally don't really care as much exactly _how_ it is implemented. But I feel a
project-wide description capability is a big win for 1.4!
</lobby>
"Dependset" and "Multiple targets in Merging Mapper" are both useful and ready to go.
Of the two, I believe dependset is more important to get in for 1.4
Thanks!
--Craeg
PS Thanks for being so thorough--great job, guys!
