As a new and cluless user of Ant, here's my vote:
+1 on not requiring editing of build.xml
+1 on keeping default properties in build.xml
+1 on providing build.properties.sample with comments as to what can
be overriden and how
+1 on *no* default.properties
I prefer build.properties.sample to be there because it gives me as a
cluless user a clear idea as to what to do to customize things. If
simply default.properties file is there, I wouldn't even think that some
other file called 'build.properties" could be created to customize
things (even if after reading the build.xml I could figure out that
there is an include statement or something). I think having
default.properties file would confuse things a bit more than required.
The BUILD, COMPILE, or build.readme files can actually explain the fact
that ant should be used for building, how to customize settings, what
the ant targets are, how to run ant, and what version of ant is needed.
Dmitry
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