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) >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > >
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