Come on, what are we really asking of folks here? That those who wish to
*build* Lucene know a little bit about reading an XML file? Why would this
be a problem? You can always download the latest nightly binaries or
whatever if you aren't up to building it.
I would prefer that the build.properties (or whatever) not be included in
cvs and that the top of the build.xml file contain a block of clear
documentation that explains how to override the appropriate properties. One
file, no redundancy.
Scott
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Scott Stevens [mailto:jon@latchkey.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 5:00 PM
> To: Lucene Developers List
> Subject: Re: cvs commit: jakarta-lucene build.xml
>
>
> on 2/27/02 1:43 PM, "Otis Gospodnetic"
> <otis_gospodnetic@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I imagined build.properties.sample as a mostly blank file
> with a short
> > description about it's purpose at the top and maybe one
> commented out
> > example for people to follow.
> > So we wouldn't have to keep properties in sync with build.xml.
>
> As I said before, it would be a terrible idea to require
> people to read the
> build.xml file to figure out what properties they need to
> override. I liken
> that to requiring people to read a Makefile or ./configure script.
>
> > Ah, you are a committer here, so that -1 definitely has to
> count (for
> > some reason I thought you were not a commiter and hence didn't take
> > that -1 as seriously). Sorry about that.
> > I'm all for somebody else finishing this business.
> > Will you do it even if people vote not to use your suggestions?
> > Dmitry already gave a +1 for no default.properties, which could be a
> > -1. Dmitry, are you a commiter? I don't see your name on
> > http://jakarta.apache.org/lucene/docs/whoweare.html
>
> If someone gives me a -1, then we are in a stalemate and need
> to continue to
> discuss this further. I gave my response to Dmitry's posting,
> lets wait for
> his response.
>
> p.s. Double negatives are not very clear. Either vote +1 or -1.
>
> -jon
>
>
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