> -----Original Message----- > From: Leif Mortenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 22 February, 2002 13:45 > To: Avalon Developers List > Subject: Re: Ant > > > > > Paul Hammant wrote: > > > Proposal :- > > > > 1) Developer needs - Ant 1.4.1 > > 2) Most targets work out of the box > > 3) if docs is attempted some available/if/unless thing causes if to > > barfs/warns if cocoon not in situ. > > 4) new targets "get-cocoon" > > - downloads cocoon. > > - unzips, unwars > > - places jars in applicable place > > 5) docs target will now work. > > I like the idea of having the cocoon stuff get downloaded as part of the > build because people not > build docs can save a disk space. > > But having worked with lots of projects that require you to go through > many steps to be able to build and Avalon which builds right out of the > box, I am still -1 on removing that ability. I strongly agree. Having out-of-the-box build is a really big plus. > I can see why some people may be concerned with using alpha versions of > Ant. So if Ant 1.4.1 was included, would that satisfy them? It would be considered positively by people I know. > Once everything is all set up on a system, it is no big deal. But > remember there are lots of people who are taking a look at us for the > first time every day. And believe it or not, not all are familiar to > Ant. Agreed. Steve. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
