Yeh, I see your point. But CVS ignores any files it doesn't know about and
it _is_ a common idiom amongst open source projects...
If you don't like cluttering the CVS co (and you're using Linux), create a
linked dir to build into.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Ruby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 15 December 2000 11:59 am
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [PROPOSAL] building is easy (was: Re:
> [tomcat-4.0] building
> i s hard)
>
>
> John Morrison wrote:
> >
> > While jakarta-servletapi-4.0 and TC4.0 builds are being
> > re-developed, could we please *stop* them creating
> > directories higher in the hierarchy thantheir own root?
> > ie
> >
> > /jakarta-tomcat/ shouldn't then create ../build/ - it's
> > not nice!
>
> An alternate perspective - I like the fact that building a
> cvs checkout
> does not modify the checkout itself.
>
> - Sam Ruby
>
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