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diff --git a/buildscripts/phing/README b/buildscripts/phing/README deleted file mode 100644 index c2b64302..00000000 --- a/buildscripts/phing/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,78 +0,0 @@ - _________________________ - P H I N G - - - - What is it? - ----------- - - Phing is a PHP based build tool. In theory it is kind of like "make" - without makes drawbacks and with the full portability and performance - of PHP. (PH)pmake (I)s (N)ot (G)numake - - Why? - ---- - - Why another build tool when there is already make, gnumake, nmake, jam, ant, - and others? Because all those tools have limitations that the binarycloud - development team could not live with when developing software across - different platforms. Make-like tools are inherently shell-based: they - evaluate a set of dependencies, then execute commands not unlike what you - would issue on a shell. - - This means that you can easily extend these tools by using or writing any - program for the OS that you are working on; however, this also means that - you limit yourself to the OS, or at least the OS type, such as Unix, that - you are working on. - - Makefiles are inherently evil as well. Anybody who has worked on them for - any time has run into the dreaded tab problem. "Is my command not executing - because I have a space in front of my tab?!!". Tools like Jam took care of - this to a great degree, but still have yet another format to use and - remember. Of course there is the Java based build tool ant, that is very - good approach to what now Phing is. But still based on Java you have to have - at least a running JRE installation on your plattfrom. - Great for Java projects but we thought this is very consistent way to build - a PHP based project. Additionally ant does not support a autoconf tool that - writes out proper buildfiles based on some simple rules prior defined in a - XML Configuration file. - - Phing is different. Instead of a model where it is extended with shell-based - commands, Phing is extended using PHP classes. Instead of writing shell - commands, the configuration files are XML-based, calling a target tree where - various tasks get executed. Each task is run by an object that implements - a particular Task action. - - Of course, this removes some of the expressive power that is inherent in - being able to construct a shell command such as - % `find . -name foo -exec rm {}` - but it gives you the ability to be cross-platform - to work anywhere and - everywhere. And if you really need to execute a shell command, Phing has an <exec> - task that allows different commands to be executed based on the operating - system it is executing on. - - The Latest Version - ------------------ - - Details of the latest version can be found on the Phing homepage - <http://phing.info/>. - - Documentation - ------------- - - Documentation is available in XHTML format in the docs/ directory. In particular, - open the docs/phing_guide/book/index.html in a frames-compatible browser to see the - phing user guide. - - For installing see INSTALL.<platform> files in the Phing root. - - Licensing - --------- - - This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file - named "LICENSE" in this directory. - - Thanks for using PHING. - - - --$Id: README,v 1.4 2004/03/20 04:14:35 hlellelid Exp $ |