> > Though I have no binding vote, I prefer "build" over "target". After,
> > all "build" is what you are doing.
>
> True but you are building to a particular "target" ;) It doesn't have to
make
> sense.
But it actually does make sense. :-)
To "build" may be what you're doing, but other directory names are nouns,
not verbs. In this context, the "build" or "target" is what you are
creating, rather than what you are doing. Those are pretty much equivalent,
if you ask me.
IMHO, it's clearer to use "target" simply because people will think of the
word as a noun first, whereas developers will be undecided as to whether
"build" is a verb or a noun. :-)
--
Martin Cooper
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: Target for intermediate directory name?
> On Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:51, Lavandowska wrote:
> > --- Peter Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I just noted that target is used as intermediate directory name. As
> > > this
> > > doesn't conflict with any existing "standards" - what do you think of
> > > making
> > > that the standard for jakarta. I can approach avalon/james/ant people
> > > to
> > > change it to target ... thoughts?
> >
> > Though I have no binding vote, I prefer "build" over "target". After,
> > all "build" is what you are doing.
>
> True but you are building to a particular "target" ;) It doesn't have to
make
> sense.
>
> > If we want to standardize (and I do think that is a good idea), I
> > suggest that a "poll" be taken of all the Jakarta projects, and the
> > naming convention most widely used be adopted by the rest. This seems
> > to be the "democratic" means (as each project/subproject casts one
> > "vote").
>
> The problem is that many of the projects that adopted the layout of
turbine
> use build to contain build scripts, tools used during build process and
> property files used while building. IIRC in these projects you usually go
> something like
>
> cd <base>/build
> ./build-turbine.sh
>
> While build is the most "popular" intermediate destination at jakarta (and
> outside) this would be unnaceptable to these projects. The reason is that
it
> would cause pain every CVS update because build is a directory in CVS and
a
> temporary directory locally. This would cause error messages to spout each
> update.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Pete
>
> *-----------------------------------------------------*
> * "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, *
> * and proving that there is no need to do so - almost *
> * everyone gets busy on the proof." *
> * - John Kenneth Galbraith *
> *-----------------------------------------------------*
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