What is checked into CVS as "build.properties" should actually be named "default.properties". The Tomcat build hard-codes the defaults into its build.xml, rather than using an external file to list declare the defaults.
Ryan Hoegg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > > Working on some issues with ant on one of my workstations, and I > wanted to ask why we have a build.properties checked into CVS? Isn't > it more common in Apache projects to include a build.properties.sample > and make each developer be responsible for making local copies? > > > From Craig McClanahan: > http://w6.metronet.com/~wjm/tomcat/2001/May/msg00859.html > > > * Because the "build.properties" files are local to your development > system, they are *not* checked in to CVS (in fact, they will get > added to the ".cvsignore" list). However, an example properties file > "build.properties.sample" will be checked in that documents the > variables that must, or can, be set. > > -- > Ryan Hoegg > ISIS Networks > http://www.isisnetworks.net > -- Daniel Rall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
