Erv, I think what Cash is asking is the same thing I proposed a week or two ago: solve the NAntContrib problem by merging the projects and obsolescing the contrib project completely. The NAntContrib tasks are *core* to what most of us use NAnt for anyway! Just move all the NAntContrib tasks into the mainline NAnt source before streeting 1.0.
I have attempted and failed a couple times to build NAntContrib from the sources I downloaded from cvs. There are no released files for the project. There have been no nightly builds since June 03. There's no traffic on either the user or developer lists to speak of; the last post to the dev list was July 30. It seems prima facie an abandoned project sans-maintainer and with no community or activity. Some of us would like to help (okay, maybe just me), because there are weirdities or bugs (such as in the SQL task's verboseness) but it seems pointless to submit patches if nobody's listening who cares or can do anything about it. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nant-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erv Walter > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 12:16 PM > To: Foley, Cash; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [nant-dev] Re: [Nant-users] 0.8.3 final > > All of the NantContrib tasks are included as binaries in the Nant 0.8.3 > release (look in the .\nant-0.8.3.50105\bin\ subdirectory of the release > .zip file). > > Get it here: > > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/nant/nant-0.8.3.zip?download > > If you want to build it from scratch or if you want to follow the latest > CVS versions, you'll have more work to do yourself. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Foley, Cash [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 10:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [nant-dev] Re: [Nant-users] 0.8.3 final > > > Sorry if it is annoying to pursue this NAntcontrib thing here. I know > this is the NAnt group. But the NAntcontrib mail list looks useless. > > However, there is a relationship between the two even if it should be > one way (NAntcontrib to NAnt). This relationship is made very clear in > this thread of messages. In order to round off NAnt for "Corporate" > use, certain functionality is needed but not seen as 'necessary' for > NAnt core. SQL, VSS and have been mentioned in this thread and the > response is "it's in NAntcontrib". So, the functionality of NAntcontrib > is recognized for the "corporate" success of NAnt. > > However, it seems that NAntcontrib is not very assessable. (I may be > wrong. > Someone please prove me wrong!) I can't seem to download a ZIP file > and > just use it the way I can NAnt. While, if I have to, I suppose I can > decide to make the leap to become CVS junkie and figure out exactly what > I need to do to download, this seems unnecessary AND contrary to the > accessibility objectives for the Corporate Target. I feel like I'm > having to jump through hoops to use the thing. (And from the emails I > see, I know it's not just > me.) > > Maybe the objective of getting "Corporate" buyin is more of an atherial > experience than a real objective. But if NAnt is to become a real tool > with real buyin in the .Net development community then this bridge has > to built. > > Either the necessary components from NAntcontrib should be brought into > NAnt where it can be properly packaged or the NAntcontrib needs to be > made more assesible. > > Thanks, Cash > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > perotsystems > 972-577-5842 - office > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian MacLean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 10:04 PM > To: Foley, Cash > Subject: Re: [nant-dev] Re: [Nant-users] 0.8.3 final > > Sorry no. Binaries for NAntcontrib ship as part of the 0.83 release > however. > > Ian > > >Is the NAntContrib with 0.83 available for ZIP download? > > > >The files section is empty > > > >http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=54790 > > > >and the "nightly build" is very old. > > > >http://nantcontrib.sourceforge.net/builds/ > > > >Thanks, Cash > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >perotsystems > >972-577-5842 - office > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Ian MacLean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 8:24 PM > >To: Sascha Andres > >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [nant-dev] Re: [Nant-users] 0.8.3 final > > > >Sascha Andres wrote: > > > > > > > >>Yes I've overseen them. Sourcesafe is in NAntcontrib - which failed to > > >>build when I tried last time, so I never took a deeper look. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >NAntContrib binaries ship with the 0.83 release. Unless you have to be > >using the latest cvs version of NAnt they should work fine. > > > >Ian > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > >Welcome to geek heaven. > >http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ > >Nant-users mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Nant-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Nant-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Nant-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users
