Any action item on this? I can still see .project files in the svn.

Do we wanna move that to a separate folder as Dennis suggested or wanna
completely remove them?

-- Chinthaka

Afkham Azeez wrote:
> IMHO the codebase is going to get cluttered with so may IDE specific files
> of different IDEs if users who use several IDEs (IDEA, JBuilder, JDeveloper
> etc, etc.) all start committing their IDE specific files. So as a general
> practice, it is better not to commit IDE specific files.
> 
> Azeez
> 
> On 8/18/06, Jochen Wiedmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Eran Chintaka wrote:
>>
>> > 1. There are lot of non-eclipse users who are checking out/in code (FYI
>> > : most of the axiom devs are *not* using eclipse). So why bother we
>> > checking out eclipse junk :)
>>
>> Are you telling me, it disturbs you to have two additional files and a
>> folder, which are most possibly even hidden because of the .foo
>> convention?
>>
>>
>> > 2. As Ajith also had already mentioned, maven helps you to generate the
>> > relevant IDE specific stuff.
>>
>> It does. However, the output of the plugins is far from acceptable. In
>> particular, the output folders will rarely match.
>>
>> Besides, there's more to it: Compiler settings (which should obviously
>> match those from the pom), formatting guidelines, and the like. These
>> aren't controlled by any plugin.
>>
>>
>> > 3. Some one can declare a variable in Eclipse, pointing to his folder
>> > and can accidentally commit that in to svn.
>>
>> The files I have committed do not use any variables.
>>
>>
>> > 4. If some one is having a customized version of .project and
>> .classpath
>> > files, they always gets conflicts, which is un-necessary, IMO.
>>
>> IMO, that's a question of discipline. And, if it actually happens:
>> What prevents you from revoking or overwriting a commit?
>>
>>
>> > 5. None or most of the WS project do not have IDE specific committed so
>> > far. Eg : Axis2, axiom, neethi, etc.,
>>
>> JaxMe, XML-RPC, and ws-commons-util do. :-)
>>
>>
>> The point I am trying to make is that IDE specific files can be good
>> for some people. If they proove to be disturbing the projects work,
>> then I'd be the first to remove it. But so far I can only see a "we
>> don't like it" and no "look at this example, it has really done harm".
>> Which matches my personal experience with other projects.
>>
>>
>> Jochen
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not
>> once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce;
>> murder, yes, but divorce, never.
>> (Jack Benny)
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