ANT Contrib

First, we love cpptakss since we have a mixed Java/C++ environment that
targets multiple platforms (Windows, Linux(es), Solaris etc.). For this
kind of environment cpptasks is very handy.

However, the dependency analysis is killing us and there is a growing
chorus to bail on cpptasks. This is not a new issue (although I could not
find a bug report for it).

Dependency Analysis literally takes longer than a clean build. So folks
get grumpy when they change one file and have to wait for 40 minutes. I've
been trying to find workarounds and have seen the patch provided by Helge
Schulz (OpenSHORE) a SIX YEARS AGO that showed significant performance
improvement under some situations while not degrading others.
(http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=Pine.LNX.4.51.0308
262342040.4702%40helno.schulz.priv) However, that patch is for some way
back version and doesn't seem to merge easily.

I have seen many other comments of users bailing due to dependency analysis
performance. I believe this is the most important deficiency in cpptasks
for use in substantial C++ projects.

Any hope for relief?