Re: init-antlet: Non overrideable dirs

> The init antlet has this
>    <!-- Non overrideable dirs -->
>     <property name="dist.dir"       value="./dist"/>
>     <dirname property="build.dir"   file="./build/build.xml"/>
>     <property name="work.dir"       value="${build.dir}/work"/>
>     <property name="temp.dir"       value="${work.dir}/temp"/>
> 
> I think even these properties should be overridable. 
> Take for example the build.dir
> On some unix machines the user's home dir is mounted over the network,  
> this can make for very slow compiles.  Some people will set
> <dirname property="build.dir"   
> file="/tmp/${user.name}/${project.name}/build/build.xml"/>  
> because /tmp is usually mounted locally. 
> 
Ok. I moved the properties, because my property.xml file contains a property
that points to "${build.dir}/whatever" and cannot be resolved if property is
defined after the xmlproperty task.

Any ideas on handling this dependency?

TIA,
Michael

> R,
> Nick
> 
>




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