Conor wrote: >I must admit I actually liked the dist directory where it was. It seems >strange to me to have the dist directory going "out" of the project's >directory structure (via ../). Seems like a violation of scoping principles >:-) The same really applies to the tomcat and watchdog builds. I would like >to see those built in their own areas too. If required a top level jakarta >build.xml file used to build all three and hoist the build/dist stuff into >the common directory would be good IMHO. What do you think?
I must admit that I'm of a mixed opinion. On one hand, I agree with your "violation of scoping principles". On the other hand, I also find appealing the way in which tomcat keeps its original CVS structure "pure" with build and dist directories being placed "out of scope". What I don't like is every project placing dist in a different place. Note: in this patch, I made a mistake. I misunderstood the purpose of the extra jar that Stefano created for ant. It is not a set of classes, but rather a packaged up distribution. I have a moral objection to naming such things jars, so I am thinking of adding back in the version string, and changing the task used to be zip instead of jar. Thoughts? - Sam Ruby
