> 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?

Ok, I'm not a committer - anyhow:

I disagree cause you can do the very same thing just with Macros.
No need for new target attributes.

> 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?

This must be the soul of this whole upcoming framework. It's an
absolutley must.





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On 1/14/08, Peter Reilly <peter.kitt.reilly@(protected):
> On Jan 14, 2008 5:02 PM, Wolfgang Häfelinger <whaefelinger@(protected)>
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?

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?

Both questions above are independent of using overriding macros... --DD

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