Hi Ian, True, right now its not a real issue provided NUnit 2.1 will happily compile onto version 1.1 of the framework.
---------------------------------------- - Mitch Denny - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.monash.net - +61 (414) 610141 - > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian MacLean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 1:41 AM > To: Mitch Denny > Cc: James C. Papp; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [nant-dev] RE: RE: [Fwd: Ready to tackle next release] > > Totally. I'm really looking forward to using generics when > whitbey ships for example. However right now the codebase > isn't usihng any 1.1 specific features. So I see no reason to > exclude 1.0 users until we need specific features in a > higher version. > I can recall reading the same types of dicussions on the > mailing lists for Java projects ( Ant and JEdit to be > specific ). It was even worse with java as there was a large > amoutn of change between early versions. > Wheras 1.1 of the framework could almost be considerd a bug > fix release in terms of breaking changes. > > I don't think we'll need to fork the codebase - I just think > that when we do force a newer framework version people on an > older platform will just use an older NAnt until they upgrade. > > Ian > > Mitch Denny wrote: > > >Which version of the framework to run on is going to be a perennial > >problem. There are going to be features in the upcoming > version of the > >.NET runtime which, if you guys choose to take advantage of > them might > >force a fork in the code bases - I'm not sure what the Mono > guys have > >plannned as far as supporting generics goes. > > > >I know of a number of organisations that are planning on > being on 1.0 > >for atleast the next 12 months - in twelve months its likely > that NAnt > >will need to be starting to build in support for upcoming > versions of > >the framework, it might just been too hard to manage in one > code base. > >Unfortunately I know. > > > >---------------------------------------- > >- Mitch Denny > >- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >- http://www.monash.net > >- +61 (414) 610141 > >- > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Ian MacLean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 3:19 PM > >>To: James C. Papp > >>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: [nant-dev] RE: RE: [Fwd: Ready to tackle next release] > >> > >>I've been testing Nunit 2.1 and it seems ok - except for needing to > >>re-compile all 2.0 version tests. We're waitning on the > NUnit team for > >>a response to a number of queries about shipping 2.1. With luck we > >>should have it in 0.9. > >> > >>The problem with building against 1.1 is that a 1.1 build will not > >>work on 1.0 whereas a 1.0 one will work fine on both. If > everyone has > >>moved to 1.1 then thats not a problem but I'm not sure > thats the case. > >>The other option is to ship two builds - one for each platform. > >> > >>Ian > >> > >> > >> > >>>>It would be great to see NUnit 2.1 plugged in. I'd also > like to see > >>>>1.1 as the default. Ian - do you think it would be possible > >>>> > >>>> > >>to get the > >> > >> > >>>>ReplaceTask into the core if I can make it more robust? > >>>> > >>>>---------------------------------------- > >>>>- Mitch Denny > >>>>- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>- http://www.monash.net > >>>>- +61 (414) 610141 > >>>>- > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>>From: Ian MacLean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 2:31 PM > >>>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>Subject: [nant-dev] [Fwd: Ready to tackle next release] > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>------------------------------------------------------- > >>>This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. > >>>http://thinkgeek.com/sf > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>nant-developers mailing list > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-developers > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------- > >>This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. > >>http://thinkgeek.com/sf > >>_______________________________________________ > >>nant-developers mailing list > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-developers > >> > >> > >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ nant-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-developers
