From: ES <ruby-ml@...>
Date: 2005-05-15T12:51:47+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Rant 0.3.8

Joao Pedrosa wrote:
> Oi,
> 
> On 5/14/05, ES <ruby-ml@magical-cat.org> wrote:
> 
>>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.
> 
> 
> I've only experimented with Rant yet, but I like it. 
> 
> 
>>>== 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 :)
> 
> 
> I second this one. It does sound weird to me. Rant is much closer to
> perfection than Ant could ever be, as the creator of Ant himself
> thinks that the XML of Ant wasn't meant to be a full blown scripting
> language. Let me think about three naming options:
> - Anter
> - Antest
> - Rmk - Ruby Make
> - Rbmk
> - Mir - Make in Ruby
> - Mirb

Hehe, maybe Numbat[1]?

> Cheers,
> Joao

E

[1] http://australian-animals.net/numbat.htm

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