I like onFail attribute slightly better then current nant.onfailure. Setting some special property looks little weird for me. But it is enough for most projects, I think.
Martin > Hello Gert, > > such a task does really makes sense, still, I feel we have two > (a bit) different approaches to solve the problem. > > There is one "pro" for my approach -- it is possible to add "onfail" > attribute to a target element, thus, if target B depends on A, the B > gets executed and A fails during dependant targets execution, we can > do something on A failure: > > <project default="B"> > <target name="B" depends="A"> > ... > </target> > <target name="A" onfail="A.failed"> > ... > </target> > ... > </project> > > Probably, there is some sense in combining both of the approaches: > implementing <trycatch> task and leaving "onfail" attribute for target > only (I'd added it for task first and the next day found out, that I > need to handle the case similar to the one I've described above, so I > added it for target also). > > Anyway, whatever the final idea of the solution will be, I'm ready to > participate in its development. > > GD> ----- Original Message ----- > GD> From: "Ivan Tarasov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > GD> To: "Gert Driesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > GD> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 7:24 PM > GD> Subject: Re[2]: [nant-dev] onFail patch > > > >> Hello Gert, > >> > >> the problem is, that I don't want to get all the log (I want to track > >> the subproject, which failed), and also, I want more than just sending > >> e-mail. Here is one of the scenarios (again, the simplified one): > >> > >> just before the build, on the build script I check out build version > >> file, then I increment the version and try to compile. In case of > >> compilation failure I need to undo the checkout of the build version > >> file. > >> > >> I consider, there is need for some kind of "destructor" or "catch/finally" > >> construct, the patch covers some part of these functionality. > > GD> Ant actually solved this by adding a trycatch task (in AntContrib, > GD> http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net/tasks/trycatch.html) > > GD> Gert > > > -- > Best regards, > Ivan mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. > See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: > Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php > _______________________________________________ > nant-developers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-developers > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ nant-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-developers
