As I mentioned, I think this is already proposed under bugs in JIRA. -- Brett Porter Team Leader, Core Systems f2 network ~ everything essential
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dominik Dahlem [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 24 July 2003 6:03 PM > To: 'Maven Users List' > Subject: RE: master property file > > > In my opinion, a build.properties file with user settings > should be in ${user.home}/.maven/ as Brett pointed out. > However, on another level I'd like to share project-specific > settings as well in a similar fashion to the extension > mechanism of the project.xml file. The settings which are > project- rather than user-specific include repository, xdoc, > and checkstyle settings. > This master project property file can be kept in source > control and provides a single location for settings shared > among sub-projects. Imagine you have 50 sub-projects and each > of them contains a project properties file with settings > which could well be shared. It's maintenance hell, if > properties are likely to change. > > Cheers, > Dominik >
