On 10/5/07, Dominique Devienne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/5/07, Jesse Glick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't recall any previous discussion of whether IDE-specific metadata > > are wanted/permitted in the source tree. I have been privately > > maintaining a NetBeans "freeform" project setup for Ant which ties into > > the build script in various ways and offers easier and more precise > > development of Ant from the IDE. For example, you can ask to debug a > > single test case and it will run the right target (with the right > > parameter) from build.xml and connect it to the IDE's debugger. Since > > Ant's own build.xml is not in general runnable by the last official > > release, it uses a wrapper script to do some bootstrapping and other > > preparation. > > I also think it's a good idea, but only if it's kept up-to-date ;-) > > > Currently I just keep this in a separate directory structure so as to > > keep my svn checkout clean, and refer to the checkout via an external > > path. But if there are others who might want to use the same IDE on Ant > > it seems a waste for them to not get the same project setup. > > Distributing the metadata separately is awkward (especially if targets > > in build.xml change) and few people would find it. > > > > Could/should this metadata be put in the Ant source tree somewhere? It > > is a directory "nbproject" with a few files (no changes to other files > > are needed). If at top level, you would be able to open the top source > > dir as a NB project; if under e.g. src/etc/ you would need to know to > > open that parent dir instead. I would need to do some cleanup to test > > that all pieces still work (some I wrote months or even years ago) and > > to ensure that all absolute paths or other per-user configuration could > > be loaded from an svn-ignorable user.properties file. > > I think the top-level Ant dir is a bit cluttered already, so adding > too many additional files might not be a good idea, unless you can > have just one or two files in the top-level dir, and the rest > somewhere else. I think that there is only one directory added. > > But "nbproject" is not explicit enough a name IMHO. Rather use > netbeans explicitly. --DD
nbproject is the name normally used for netbeans. Peter > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
