If you have the properties both in build.properties.sample and build.xml,
then it is two places that you have to maintain them in.
-jon
on 2/26/02 6:02 PM, "Erik Hatcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> They would not have to rename files to make things work... all the
> properties got embedded into build.xml, so therefore no external files are
> needed with the default config.
>
> To customize is when you'd copy build.properties.sample, or hand create your
> own tweaking the properties you wanted to override.
>
> I prefer this because it keeps all defauilt build info inside build.xml
> rather than there being two files necessary.
>
> Erik
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon Scott Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Lucene Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 8:19 PM
> Subject: Re: cvs commit: jakarta-lucene build.xml
>
>
>> on 2/26/02 5:10 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> - Moved properties from build.properties in here. build.properties
> should be
>>> removed and replaced by build.properties.sample.
>>
>> -1.
>>
>> A better way to deal with this is to follow what Scarab and other projects
>> do which is to do this:
>>
>> <!-- Give user a chance to override without editing this file
>> (and without typing -D each time it compiles it -->
>> <property file="${user.home}/lucene.build.properties" />
>> <property file="${user.home}/build.properties" />
>> <property file="${basedir}/build.properties" />
>> <property file="${basedir}/default.properties" />
>>
>> First, rename build.properties to default.properties
>>
>> Next, a developer can create one or more of the following files:
>>
>> ~/build.properties
>> ~/lucene.build.properties
>> lucene/build.properties
>>
>> That way, developers don't need to rename files in order to make things
> work
>> and the 'default' properties don't clutter up the build.xml file.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -jon
>>
>>
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