On Jan 14, 2008 6:39 PM, Dominique Devienne <
ddevienne@...> wrote:
> On 1/14/08, Peter Reilly <
peter.kitt.reilly@...> wrote:
> > On Jan 14, 2008 5:02 PM, Wolfgang Häfelinger <
whaefelinger@...>
> wrote:
> > > Assume also:
> > >
> > > <target name="prepare" before="junit">
> > > <prepare />
> > > </target>
> > >
> > > Do you want this before your "start-server" or after it or
> > > in parallel?
> > >
> >
> > I would say that if the build file does not specify the order, then the
> order
> > is undefined.
> >
> > If the order is important, then the build file can enforce an order by
> > using "depends".
> >
> > <target name="prepare" before="junit" depends="start-server">
> > <prepare />
> > </target>
>
> It makes sense Peter. And this already works in Ant, provided we add
> before/after support to <target>.
>
> Q1: Does everyone agree that adding before/after to target to Ant 1.8
> is useful and should be done before (in conjunction of) creating
> generic build files?
I agree, this seems easily understandable (even though when used in
conjunction with depends it may seem a bit complex, but this shouldn't be
needed very often) and use the usual Ant building blocks.
>
>
> Q2: Do others feel (like me) that we should also have a mean to
> override a target's content (task list) while keeping the overridden
> target's dependency list?
I do. And also add the <super /> element you were talking about.
Xavier
>
>
> Both questions above are independent of using overriding macros... --DD
>
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