Well the 'bin' clashing with eclipse default is really a concern to being with, the learning curve is yet steep, and with to dos of IDE's as of now, everyone is pretty much acquainted. Also in-case we change it to 'bin' in the main folder, then there'll be an additional set of documentation required for that to help users on different Operating systems.
Unless we go like opentaps (felt that on a few things) and then one is not really able to use it (Just a comment No offense). "tools/bin" sounds great, unless that also doesn't call of any other clash or so. Regards Prince ________________________________ From: Mansour Al Akeel <mansour.alak...@gmail.com> To: dev@ofbiz.apache.org Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 4:13 PM Subject: Re: "bin" folder for executable files/scripts bin is good enough. On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:34 AM, Jacques Le Roux <jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: > Hi Jacopo, > > tools/bin sounds good to me > > Jacques > > From: "Jacopo Cappellato" <jacopo.cappell...@hotwaxmedia.com> > >> 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" <adrian.c...@sandglass-software.com> >>>> >>>> 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"<adrian.c...@sandglass-software.com> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 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 >> >> >> >
