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> From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter Nabbefeld
> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 8:46 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Default value for ${maven.conf.dir}
>
> Hello,
>
> I shouldn't reply to my own comments - however, I've found out more
> about the conf dirs, and I'd like it to be documented on the
> Maven web site:
>
> ./conf is used from some plugins, e.g. the jar manifest is expected
> here (using ${maven.conf.dir}, of course).
>
> src/conf is therefore for app-only data.
>
> The differences are sometime very marginal, as of course one will
> sometimes have to edit e.g. the manifest file.
This has been a point of confusion for me as well. However, I don't know if
this explanation provides any clarity. As you said, genapp creates a
${basedir}/src/conf directory, but the default for maven.conf.dir is
${basedir}/conf. Also, the jar manifest file is expected in
${maven.conf.dir}, but who's to say that shouldn't be ${basedir}/src/conf?
Is it not also "app-only data", as you say src/conf is for?
I suppose what I'm really looking for is a "best practice" or a "standard
convention" with respect to the conf dir. Is there a purpose for having
both ${basedir}/conf and ${basedir}/src/conf? Or should there be only one
"conf" dir for a project? If so, what is the recommended location --
${basedir}/conf or ${basedir}/src/conf?
Furthermore, what sorts of files is the "conf" dir intended to hold? I see
that some of the genapp templates put cactus-web.xml there, which makes
sense to me, but what is the app.properties intended for? What other files
are candidates for the "conf" dir?
>
> It'd be very fine, if someone could document all the GenApp templates
> (not only list them). Sometimes it will help to understand one simple
> template, if there are docs for a more complicated one. I've understood
> the default template only after having a look at the complex template:
> I've seen the various conf dirs, then I began to understand.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> Peter Nabbefeld schrieb:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dion Gillard schrieb:
> >
> >> maven.conf.dir = ${basedir}/conf
> >
> >
> > Hmm, looks strange to me: While the conf directory is created
> in the src
> > folder, the property points to the project root. Is there probably some
> > purpose for an additional conf directory in the root dir? Or should the
> > GenApp plugin create a project.properties file with an entry for
> > ${maven.conf.dir} to point to src/conf?
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >>
> >> On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 23:29:11 +0200, Peter Nabbefeld
> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> what is the default value for ${maven.conf.dir}? Due to
> >>>
http://maven.apache.org/reference/user-guide.html#Behavioural_Properties
>>> it is ${basedir}/conf, but at
>>> http://maven.apache.org/reference/user-guide.html#Starting_a_New_Project
>>> there is a tree structure ${basedir}/src/conf, generated by the GenApp
>>> plugin, so I'd expect this to be the value of ${maven.conf.dir}. What is
>>> the correct value?
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>>
>>> Peter Nabbefeld
>>>
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