> From: Peter Reilly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > According to the last entry, they are currently > using a 45,000 line ant script =-O > which one of the team is reducing to ~700 lines by > using a custom dependency task.
I didn't read all the thread completely, but I heartedly agree with Peter that much of the complexity of an Ant script can be removed by developing custom tasks/types. You go to Java to encapsulate complex processes, which are then exposed as much simpler high level tasks hiding all the coding complexities. Using Python in AAP, or Ruby might allow easier/faster programming than Java, but Java can do it all nonetheless, and I personally know Java much better than Python and Ruby ;-) This is the approach we've taken, and it's working out pretty well. It's not perfect, and much cruder than Maven for example, while having some of the same characteristics, but fits our needs and evolves with our needs. I actually enjoy coding Ant tasks, and gradually remove all complex stuff from our build files! Anyways, this is just one more data point. --DD --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
