On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 22:25, Jose Alberto Fernandez wrote: > From: "Peter Donald" > > > As I think I have said before. Neither need should be filled using this > > style task. The first need should be filled by writing a task and the > > second need should be filled by templating. Currently Ant1 tasks are a > > PITA to write so first style functionality is acceptable. I don't see > > this as always being true though. Either way it is functionality that > > does not bring value in long term. > > Where is the templating capability? We cannot keep on vetoing proposals > because templating is considered to be the right solution, and then do > nothing about providing the templates. who said we have done nothing. I know I have provided at least 5 different possible implementations, each testing different features. Some good, some bad. > I have not seen yet a real proposal on the matter much less an > implementation that we can use to assess if indeed templates is the right > tool or not. closing your eyes and then whining that you can't see is not a productive activity. > I would like to see how these templates get described, how can I specify > thingd like *iterating over files* using them. How easy or difficult they > are to write, and more important how understandable is what the user > actually writes and needs to maintain. and you have ... how many times in the past? > I still do not understand how we can keep on rejecting things on the > argument that it should be done using a feature that do not exists, it is > hardly in the main road-map, and there is not even a hint of delivery date > or spec. How can any one help on contributing it, if this things are not > there. I agree with you that it would be nice to have a road map or at least a vague direction. > In the mean time more and more people go on using things like the > task, which they have to fetch from somewere else. and ... -- Cheers, Pete ------------------------------------------------------ Mark Twain: "In the real world, the right thing never happens in the right place at the right time. It is the task of journalists and historians to rectify this error." ------------------------------------------------------ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: