From: ES <ruby-ml@...>
Date: 2005-05-15T11:23:03+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Rant 0.3.8

Stefan Lang wrote:
> Rant is a flexible build tool written entirely in Ruby,
> similar to Rake.

Thanks for the excellent tool! Rant has, at this point, completely
replaced Rake for my needs. Keep it up.

> == What's new in this release?
> 
> * Dependency checking for C/C++ sources.
> * Installing ".cmd" files on Windows with the Win32::RubyCmdWrapper.
> * Convenient directory/file creation with SubFile.
> * rant-import inlines specially marked, +require+ files.
> 
> I'd appreciate suggestions about new features, names, etc.

Is Rant up for discussion? It has absolutely no relation to *shudder*
Ant, after all. Maybe you could call it Wombat or something :)

> == Installing Rant
> 
> You can install Rant as a RubyGem:
>     % gem install --remote rant
> 
> or download the package from RubyForge(http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=615)
> and install with install.rb:
>     % ruby install.rb
> 
> == More about Rant
> 
> The equivalent to a Makefile for make is the Rantfile. An
> Rantfile is actually a valid Ruby script that is read by the
> rant command.
> 
> Rant currently features:
> * Defining custom tasks
> * Automated packaging, testing and RDoc generation for Ruby
>   applications and libraries.
> * Primitive support for compiling C# sources portably with csc, cscc
>   and mcs.
> * Dependency checking for C/C++ source files.
> * Multiple buildfiles (e.g. one per directory).
> * The rant-import command creates a monolithic rant script,
>   so you don't depend on an rant installation anymore.
> * A configure plugin for easy environment and build-parameter
>   checking (but not like autoconf!) which saves data in a yaml file.
> 
> == Resources
> 
> Current docs:: http://make.ruby-co.de
> (BTW: Thanks to Jan Krueger for the nice URL :-)
> Rubyforge page:: http://rubyforge.org/projects/make/

E

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