It is not quite clear to me how this helps (e.g. what do we do about Rat and form files? Will this lead to additional inquiries during release time?). But I've put my prototype of the form change to keep the leading comment here: https://github.com/jlahoda/incubator-netbeans/commit/ebda20779ad981ce2284c88e565393cc09b04083
in case it would be useful to implement this comment idea. Jan On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Emilian Bold <emilian.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Would it be possible to make the tool include a comment in the ‘.form’ > > > file saying something like “This file is generated. Manual editing is > > not > > > recommended. See the accompanying Java file for license information’? > > > > > > > > +1 > > I suggested this when the issue was first raised. If that is actually > > enough, please could we just go with that? That seems useful for > everyone, > > rather than just internally. > > > +1 > > It's also very simple to implement if it's just a static blurb. > > > > --emi > > On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 4:38 PM, Neil C Smith < > neilcsmith....@googlemail.com > > wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 2:34 PM Greg Trasuk <tras...@stratuscom.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > .form files even more so since they always come in pair with a .java > > > > file which will have a license header and is meant for a human. > > > > > > > > > > Would it be possible to make the tool include a comment in the ‘.form’ > > > file saying something like “This file is generated. Manual editing is > > not > > > recommended. See the accompanying Java file for license information’? > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > I suggested this when the issue was first raised. If that is actually > > enough, please could we just go with that? That seems useful for > everyone, > > rather than just internally. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Neil > > -- > > Neil C Smith > > Artist & Technologist > > www.neilcsmith.net > > > > Praxis LIVE - hybrid visual IDE for creative coding - www.praxislive.org > > >
