bin is good enough.
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:34 AM, Jacques Le Roux <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jacopo, > > tools/bin sounds good to me > > Jacques > > From: "Jacopo Cappellato" <[email protected]> > >> Thanks everyone for the valuable comments! >> I am trying to finalize this thread: there seems to be consensus to move >> all the executable scripts into a folder to keep things organized. >> For the name of the folder: >> * some of you think that the "bin" (as I originally suggested) should be >> used because it is often used for this purpose >> * some of you are worried that this could interfere with some commonly >> used IDEs (e.g. Eclipse) that use the bin folder for output and need to be >> configured to use a different standard name >> >> After reviewing what we have now in OFBiz I am wondering if we could use >> the already existing "tools" folder; its current layout is: >> tools/api-java16 >> tools/src >> >> option a: add all the executables to tools/ folder directly >> option b: create a subfolder tools/bin and add all the executables there >> >> What do you think? >> >> Jacopo >> >> On Feb 29, 2012, at 5:45 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: >> >>> Then we could recommend to name .bin for instance >>> But I wonder if this will not be a source of problem for newbies... >>> >>> And also for Windows users, bin is not a standard name at all >>> >>> Jacques >>> >>> From: "Adrian Crum" <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> That's fine with me. We just need to update the Eclipse configuration >>>> files. >>>> >>>> -Adrian >>>> >>>> On 2/29/2012 3:20 PM, J. Eckard wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I think that eclipse / eclipse users should have to accommodate the >>>>> directory structure of OFBiz, not the other way around. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 29, 2012, at 9:58 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for the feedback! Any suggestion for the name of the folder? I >>>>>> was hoping to use a "standard" name, that is why I initially proposed the >>>>>> "bin" folder... but since that is not an option we will have to think to >>>>>> something else (unless we use the existing "tools" folder but I am not >>>>>> sure >>>>>> about the intended usage of that). >>>>>> >>>>>> Jacopo >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Feb 27, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jacques >>>>>>> >>>>>>> From: "Adrian Crum"<[email protected]> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sounds great, but don't use "bin" - that folder is created by >>>>>>>> Eclipse and it is in the SVN ignore list. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -Adrian >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 2/27/2012 7:10 PM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The number of executable files (*.sh and *bat) in the OFBiz home >>>>>>>>> folder is rather big: what if we create a "bin" folder and we move >>>>>>>>> all of >>>>>>>>> them there? In this way users will have a place where they will find >>>>>>>>> all the >>>>>>>>> executable files only and the main folder will be cleaner. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Jacopo >> >> >> >
