Re: [NAnt-users] Various NAnt Updates

Hi,

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:53 AM, Bob Archer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Looks like some good changes.
>
> Is the nunit stuff going to be version specific? Or, is it chaining out t=
o whatever version of nunit you have or point to in your project?
I am hoping that people using a certain version of NUnit for their
tasks will not have to touch their setup but if anyone wants to use
features from the latest NUnit version, they will be able to through
the NAnt task.
>
> You might want to update the readme with the versions that are supported:
There is no "might" about it.  The readme needs updating. :)

Thanks,
Ryan
>
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Available from http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Note: NAnt currently supports versions 1.0, 1.1 and 2=
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 or
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 * Mono for Windows (version 1.0 or higher)
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Available from http://www.mono-project.com/downloads/
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> BOb
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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ryan Boggs [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 11:31 PM
>> To: [email protected]; [email protected].=
net
>> Subject: [NAnt-users] Various NAnt Updates
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just checking in with some progress that has been occurring in NAnt's
>> development. =A0It's not a complete list but there are a few big ones th=
at I think
>> are worth highlighting.
>>
>> * The VS project solution files for both NAnt and NAntContrib projects h=
ave
>> been updated to VS2010 format.
>>
>> * .NET/Mono 1.* runtime support for NAnt has been dropped. =A0Target sup=
port
>> for .NET/Mono 1.* still exists, however.
>>
>> * The <style/> task has been updated to use xslCompiledTransform, which
>> should address the issue described here on Stackoverflow:
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5032347/xslt-stylesheet-replaces-self-
>> closing-tags-with-empty-paired-tags
>> Thanks to Michael Tutty for the contribution via pull request for this i=
tem.
>>
>> * The <mail/> task has been updated to use System.Net.Mail instead of
>> System.Web.Mail. =A0During the process of updating this task, additional=
 features
>> were added that we thought to be very helpful (such as specifying a repl=
y to
>> address, specifying the port number to send mail to, indicating whether =
or not
>> to use an ssl connection, etc).
>>
>> * More work has gone into the <msbuild/> with the help from Dominik Guder
>> and Martin Aliger. =A0From what I understand, there are still a couple of
>> outstanding issues with this item but the task is working better with re=
cent
>> versions of msbuild scripts. =A0This is still a high priority.
>>
>> * Quite a bit of work has been put into upgrading the <nunit2/> task to
>> reference the latest version of NUnit. =A0I'm happy to say that these ch=
anges are
>> currently in review to be imported into nant/master. =A0The version of N=
Unit
>> being used for this upgrade is 2.6 final (which was released just a few =
days
>> ago). =A0I'm hoping that this will go into master soon. =A0I want to say=
 thanks to
>> Charles Poole and the rest of the NUnit dev team for their help and insi=
ght to
>> get the <nunit2/> up to speed. =A0They were very helpful in this process=
. =A0Anyone
>> interested in viewing these changes can see them here:
>> https://github.com/nant/nant/tree/nunitupdates
>>
>> * The nightly process for both NAnt and NAntContrib projects have starte=
d up
>> again. =A0This time, an automated process has been setup with extensive =
help
>> from Dominik Guder to make sure that new nightly files are generated
>> whenever changes occur on the master branches of either project. =A0The =
last
>> nightly was built on 2/19/2012 and includes all the changes listed above=
 except
>> for the nunit changes. =A0The nightly files can be found in the followin=
g locations:
>> NAnt Nightlys:
>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/nant/files/nant/nightly/
>>
>> NAntContrib Nightlys:
>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/nantcontrib/files/nantcontrib/nightly/
>>
>> We are still trying to nail down release dates and should be announcing =
them
>> as soon as they are finalized.
>>
>> The next version number being targeted for NAnt/NAntContrib is currently
>> 0.92. It seems like the natural progression but we are curious if you ha=
ve any
>> reasons to use a different version number (ie:
>> should we skip 0.92 and go to 0.95, etc).
>>
>> That's all I have for now. =A0I will try to send out these kinds of noti=
ces more often
>> as progress continues.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ryan
>>
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