Vincent Massol wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 2:47 AM
> Subject: RE: Finding "build.properties" Files
>
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Peter Donald wrote:
> >
> > > While your standardizing on this you may want to rename build.proeprties
> to
> > > .ant.properties because thats is the convention for the rest of the
> world.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Pete
> > >
> >
> > Yarg, I assumed "build.properties" but just went back and looked at Ant's
> > build.xml file. Based on that (and Peter's suggestion above), I would
> > suggest we do the following instead:
> >
> > <property file="${basedir}/.ant.properties"/>
> > <property file="${basedir}/../.ant.properties"/>
> > <property file="${user.home}/.ant.properties"/>
> >
> > and call our example file ".ant.properties.sample" instead of
> > "build.properties.sample".
> >
> > Craig
> >
>
> +0 (just because I don't want to be a pain, otherwise I would have voted -1
> ...)
>
> Here are my main reasons :
>
> 1) Have you ever tried to create such a file under windows ? It is a
> nightmare because the explorer won't let you. You have to use tricks to
> succeed (like opening a dos shell, typing edit .ant.properties and exiting
> and saving the file).
I have to admit I don't feel very sorry for you. Switch to something
else. Anything else. Even Mac OSX supposedly has a decent JVM now. :)
However, I agree with you as 'build.properties' makes its purpose pretty
clear. '.ant.properties' would be confusing for someone new to this
stuff.
and yes, we shouldn't make it hard for a large portion of the user
base.
> 2) The name is really too unix centric for my taste
Hm. That 8.3 stuff still plagues you guys? I guess you would want
C:\BUILD.PRP
:D
> 3) Why hide this file ? You will tend to forget the existence of the file
> under unix, even more if you have 3 : one in your home, one in JAKARTA_HOME
> and one in your project.
+1, but I assumed that your Unix sympathies would be like my windows
sympathies. ;->
> Vincent.
geir
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