----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian MacLean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gert Driesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tom Lathrop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 3:37 AM Subject: Re: [Nant-users] Referencing assemblies in the GAC
> Gert Driesen wrote: > > >Ian, > > > >What do you think about this topic ? Can we continue to ignore this ? > > > > > > > Ignore what ? Are you suggesting we start allowing references directly > from the gac ? I still think that is a *bad* idea for all the same > reasons mention previously. For any sort of reproducable build you'll > want to reference assemblies from a conssitent relative or absolute path > and not from the gac location which could vary from machine to machine. I agree, my reply to this mail was one of my last keystrokes of the day, that explains ;-) Using GAC references will break portability of build files, as we won't be able to resolve the display name of an assembly to its path when targeting, for example, Mono, but while running on .NET. > > Tom - I'd reccomend putting that EIF dll in source control along with > the source so that you can reference it from location relative to your > project. Yeps. Gert ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ Nant-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users
