On Wed, 2013-06-12 at 11:49 -0400, Gary Gregory wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Oleg Kalnichevski <[email protected]>wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2013-06-12 at 11:21 -0400, Gary Gregory wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Oleg Kalnichevski <[email protected]
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed, 2013-06-12 at 11:10 -0400, Gary Gregory wrote:
> > > > > Can I step back a second and ask why we are not sharing a
> > checkstyle.xml
> > > > > file, for example, the way we do it in Log4j 2, which is also a
> > > > > multi-module project?
> > > > >
> > > > > Gary
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > That is the whole point of publishing module: to make it re-usable as a
> > > > binary artifact by all HC projects.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I understand the point of it, but it sure seems more complicated that
> > just
> > > having a file sitting in the root directory.
> > >
> >
> > In the root directory of what exactly? We now have 4 (or maybe even
> > more) instances of hc-stylecheck.xml sitting around in various
> > directories.
> >
> 
> Ah, I just looked at the directory layout of log4j2 vs. httpcomponents and
> I see that both projects have a different approach to laying out modules.
> 
> Log4j2 puts the 'project file' at the root and the submodules in
> subdirectories.
> 
> Gary
> 

Gary,

Obviously this approach works well for a group of modules that share the
same release cycle. In HC land we have three components with different
release cycles which makes our situation considerably more complex.

Oleg



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