Re: [Draconet-developers] Draco enhancements

[Nick R. <nic...@fr...>]

Hi Rob, those features you have done sound really good and there is a few that we had been
discussing already.  At the current moment, we are hoping to put out a new release - I believe Mark
is looking at this.  Have you refreshed your sandbox of the Draco code recently? If you made changes
to the version downloaded from the website, you may find there has been quite a lot of changes since
then.  It might be worth looking at that Robert.

As soon as we get the next release out, I think its full steam ahead for coding, and it will be
excellent if you can do some work.

Nick.

Robert Walker <RW...@we...> wrote:

> 
> I have been setting up Draco.NET for a project and have made a number of
> changes that I'd be happy to submit back to the project.
> 
> 1. Extending the configuration file to support an <environment> section for
> nant.  This allows the environment to be set up in the configuration file
> rather than manually.  This is particularly useful for C++ projects where
> you need control over the INCLUDE and LIB paths.
> 
> 2. Added a 'fmt' attribute to the file notification method so you can save
> the pretty HTML'ified log instead of just the XML.   My build process links
> these files automatically from the project web site, so I prefer the pretty
> version.
> 
> 3. Added a reflection notification type.  This allows a (static) method to
> called in a user supplied assembly by reflection for notification.
> 
> 4. Extended the remote object interface to allow more control over the
> build.  I wanted to be able to kick off a build for a different branch than
> the one specified in the configuration file.  I also want to be able to
> 'publish' certain builds (assuming they are successful) but haven't quite
> got that far yet.  This required changes to quite a few classes.
> 
> I can provide more details on any of these as needed.  What is the protocol
> for submitting patches?
> 
> I think Draco.NET is a great tool, and I'd be happy to work on some more
> features as time allows.
> 
> Rob Walker
> 
> 

nick robinson
www.fromconcept.co.uk