task dependencies like metamake

[mkeb...@gmail.com]

Complete newbie here, just started looking into paver.

I used metamake in the past and I simply loved task dependency mechanism there: task C dependent on tasks A and B fired up only when A and B completed. Simple to understand, neat for delineating specific tasks (loose coupling) while configurable to whatever I wanted.

But metamake seems abandonware by now and I would like to know if paver has similar or better ability? (Specifically, I'm interested in all things working in declarative manner like this in paver)

Is this supported?

[jhermann]

You talk about @needs.

Also, there is already a recent thread where we talked about adding @after (or something smilarly named) as a counterpart to @needs.