At 03:01 2/12/00 -0500, you wrote: >This request makes me wonder whether it might be worth it to create some >sort of build file 'repository' or 'library' (in the public library sense, >rather than the programming sense). While the Ant docs are really good >(IMHO), particularly for an open source project, it sometimes helps newbies >to see examples of entire build files. I agree. It also promotes a good directory structure layout ;) I started a standards type document a while back as a sort of best practices build description. It included things like names of targets, directory structure etc. I guess it would be good to dust that off and see what everyone thinks ;) >As I work more and more with Ant, I am beginning to see build-related design >patterns. Perhaps we could somewhow catalog those Ant-related >design/usage/style patterns? Just a thought. Very good thought ;) Cheers, Pete *-----------------------------------------------------* | "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, | | and proving that there is no need to do so - almost | | everyone gets busy on the proof." | | - John Kenneth Galbraith | *-----------------------------------------------------*