2018-04-12 15:18 GMT+00:00 Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org>: > On 2018-04-12, Gintautas Grigelionis wrote: > > > 2018-04-12 14:39 GMT+00:00 Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org>: > > >> On 2018-04-11, Gintautas Grigelionis wrote: > > >>> XMLCatalogTest is an example of unit tests complicated by root > property. > > >> Actually, the test even passes if you remove the line using the property > >> as long as your current working directory is Ant's basedir :-) > > > What is the reason of having and/or keeping the property, anyway? > > Running the test when your current working directory is not the root of > the Ant source tree. I don't know who does so, but it has been something > somebody needed some time ago (and took the time to make it > possible). Right now I don't see any reason to stop supporting that. >
I'd say it's the other way around: unless I'm mistaken, I have to remember to set the property in the IDEs that I use if I want to use a test case for debugging. So IMHO it's an unnecessary complication for no good reason. Gintas
