Where did the Ant build files go? Where are the IntelliJ files?
(I know nothing but) I thought the idea was to move to Maven. IDE
project
files for IntelliJ, Eclipse etc. can be generated via Maven. You can use
"mvn idea:idea" to generate the project files for IDEA (
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-idea-plugin/), but I think the
newest
version has a pretty good support for Maven built-in.
There was tremendous push back on getting rid of the IDEA files that
were checked in and, so, we need to collect a community consensus
before we remove them; don't get me wrong I want to get rid of them
and I think, like you, that they are superfluous.
Well, I won't be that cautious in this case. We all know that Maven can
generate those files, so there is ne need to keep them around. Regarding
the ant files, the best would have been to get a bit more formal
approval at some point (well, a vote), but again, I don't see that as an
big mistake to have done the switch from ant to maven as we already
lengthly discussed this matter last year.
Basically, my personal opinion is that, yes, it's a good practice to ask
the list for such moves before doing so. That's help new comers to feel
like they are part of the community. It gives them the feeling we are a
community, not a bunch of developper deciding to change some code
because you need it or think it's good for the project. I think that's
the message Alan want to transmit here.
If you don't have time (for instance because you need a quick version to
be cut), then it's probably better to do it in a branch. Then when the
community has catched up and agreed with your points, then the branch
can be merged into the trunk.
Anyway, the Maven move was a good move.
Thanks !
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cordialement, regards,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com
directory.apache.org
