On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Vincent Massol wrote:
>
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> Subject: cvs commit: jakarta-commons/beanutils build.xml
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>
> > craigmcc 01/04/14 11:45:33
> >
> > Modified: beanutils build.xml
> > Log:
> > Since nobody is paying attention to the existing practice OR to my
> proposal,
> > give up and go with the flow.
> >
>
> *I* am paying attention. Why don't you formalize a proposition and submit it
> for a vote (I hope I have not missed one you already sent ... :) ).
>
It was in the "Build Scripts Redux" thread on the 11th.
> > Can we at least agree to do ONE thing the same -- format the output of
> the
> > "ant dist" target (i.e. the "build" subdirectory) as follows?
> >
> > jakarta-commons/
> > component/
> > build/
>
> +0
> I prefer lib/ for the generated jars
>
In general, I agree with that -- however, the whole point of most commons
packages is to create a single JAR file, so the extra directory level
seems unneeded. I'm ok either way.
> > commons-${component}.jar Binary JAR file
> > doc/ HTML docs (if any)
>
> +1
>
> > javadoc/ Javadocs
>
> +0
> I prefer to have the javadoc dir be a subdir of doc/
>
If we assume people will actually look inside the "doc" directory at all
:-), I'm fine with either.
> > src/ Copy of source code
>
> What is the source code exactly ? The entire jakarta-commons/<component>
> directory or just some subset ? If a subset can you detail more.
> >
I'm thinking it's a copy of the
"jakarta-commons/<component>" directory. It gives people who don't grok
CVS a chance to look at the source code and suggest improvements, without
having to download a separate source distribution.
> > Consistency will become much more important as CJAN emerges.
> >
> [snip]
>
> Thanks,
> Vincent.
>
>
>
Craig
