[Fwd: Re: [nant-dev] Delete task behaviour]

2003-02-20 Thread Ian MacLean
forgot reply-all again . ---BeginMessage--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A good article, thanks for the link. IMO, It depends on the type of application -- and the type of user. It also depends on how those items are included. Agreed. I'd just read the article yesterday so it was fresh in my

RE: [nant-dev] Delete task behaviour

2003-02-20 Thread Simon Steele
Ian, I assume you are talking about the quiet attribute. I'm wondering how this overlaps with previous discussions about logging level. ie if the logging level is at a certain level write the error otherwise don't. I'm not sure there is a need for the quiet attribute on individual

Re: [nant-dev] Delete task behaviour

2003-02-20 Thread Ian MacLean
Simon, I assume you are talking about the quiet attribute. I'm wondering how this overlaps with previous discussions about logging level. ie if the logging level is at a certain level write the error otherwise don't. I'm not sure there is a need for the quiet attribute on individual tasks.

Re: Re: [nant-dev] Delete task behaviour

2003-02-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ian, If I understand you correctly, you want me to remove the quiet attribute and always output a message in the log when you try to delete a file or directory that doesn't exist, right ? I don't really agree with your remarks, but we live in a democracy .. So if I update the patch, you'll

Re: [nant-dev] Delete task behaviour

2003-02-20 Thread Ian MacLean
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I understand you correctly, you want me to remove the quiet attribute and always output a message in the log when you try to delete a file or directory that doesn't exist, right ? yeah for now. I don't have a problem with the concept but I think we should think

RE: Re: [nant-dev] Delete task behaviour

2003-02-20 Thread Brian Deacon
Was I understanding correctly from an earlier e-mail that: delete fileset includes name=${the.file.I.want.to.delete} / includes name=${or.the.whole.tree.I.want.to.delete} / includes name=${some.file.that.does.not.exist} / /fileset

[nant-dev] Delete task patch

2003-02-20 Thread Gert . Driesen
Hi IAn, I've removed the quiet attribute and made sure that a message wil be logged (in verbose mode) if you try to delete a file or directory that doesn't exist. Can you commit this patch (I updated the NUNit test for the Delete task too) ? Thanks, Gert (See attached file:

[nant-dev] Delete task final ...

2003-02-20 Thread Gert . Driesen
Hi, I agree that we should perhaps decide not to commit this patch at all ... But if the Delete task should continue to throw exceptions when you try to delete a non-existing file or directory, then indeed a new mechanism should be provided that allows you to check if a file or direftory

Re: [nant-dev] Delete task final ...

2003-02-20 Thread Ian MacLean
So the concensus seems to be : defer the patch until file/Directory Exists functionality is available. Ian Hi, I agree that we should perhaps decide not to commit this patch at all ... But if the Delete task should continue to throw exceptions when you try to delete a non-existing file or