NAnt Change Log

report build file xml errors in a useful way
report error location when tasks are missing required attributes
copy task updated - thanks to Ian MacLean
**/*.cs type pattern matching now available in file sets via DirectoryScanner class
Ian MacLean added as a project developer
added all the environment variables to properites, ie, <echo message="path=${nant.env.PATH}"/>
move task updated - thanks to Ian MacLean
sleep task added - thanks to Ian MacLean
DirectoryScanner and FileSet's scan for files AND directories now
FileSet's cache scan results, use Scan() to rescan
FileSet's auto initialize to their containing Task, this helps clean up the code
copy task can now copy full directory trees
added verbose attribute to copy task, default off, message gives number of files processed
fixed bug with any ExternalBase tasks hanging - thanks to Sergey Chaban for reporting
include task added
call task added
-verbose command line option added
build file can now build complete distribution, try 'nant dist'

complete overhaul of the web site and doc folder (all html files)
made src a parent folder to be able to hold multiple assemblies in anticipation of the NAnt.Tests.dll assembly
licensed changed to GNU General Public License
source code placed under CVS
tasks can now have attributes in base classes, see CompilerBase as an example - thanks to Mike Krueger
coding conventions posted on SourceForge in the document manager
task manager in SourceForge is now being used to track currently active tasks
namespace changed to SourceForge.NAnt
added basic command line parsing
added version resource
support for multiple build targets (try 'nant clean test')
BuildException added to report text position in the build file where errors occur - thanks to Ian MacLean
style task (xslt processing) added - thanks to Serge
executable is now signed with the NAnt.key
converted all public/protected fields to properties
added support for user define properties
added -set option (try 'nant -set:debug=true clean build')
changed verions number to 0.5 to reflect the number of changes in the code base

only compiles program if source file last write time > output last write time
refactored compiler code into common CompilerBase class
refactored compiler and exec task into common ExternalProgramBase class
added <arg value="/win32res:filename"/> element to all external program tasks
added Int32ValidatorAttribute and BooleanValidatorAttribute classes to perform error checking on task attributes after macro expansion but before task execution. Search for BooleanValidator or Int32Validator in Tasks for examples.
changed Task attribute names to TaskAttributeAttribute and FileSetAttribute
removed default value for task attributes (set with initial value)
changes to Project class on how to initialize a project and run it
right aligned task prefixes to clean up output
added or enhanced these tasks
- vbc, jsc, csc
- move
- nant
- taskdef
- tstamp
- exec (failonerror attribute)

dependices working via depends attribute on targets
changed name from NBuild to NAnt
using the name "Parameter" to refer to the xml attributes in tasks because it was conflicting badly with .NET Attributes
added FileSetParameterAttribute so that fileset parameters would autoinit
renamed TaskAttributeAttribute to StringParameterAttribute
broke into seperate source files (one per class)
changed default build file from Project.xml to the first file with a .build extension