----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 10:05 PM
Subject: Finding "build.properties" Files
> As I'm starting to build individual Commons packages, having to maintain
> individual build.properties files is sorta tiresome -- yet, I might want
> to have properties that are unique to my "jakarta-commons" environment
> that are different from my user properties.
>
> What would you think of the following convention for Commons package
> build.xml files?
>
> <property file="${basedir}/build.properties">
> <property file="${basedir}/../build.proeprties">
> <property file="${user.home}/build.properties">
>
> so that we can put a single "build.properties" file our
> $JAKARTA_HOME/jakarta-commons directory, and list all the cross references
> just once?
>
+1
> Craig
>
Vincent