Fwd: [Simulavr-devel] Eclipse project settings

[Petr Hluzín]

A month ago I accidentally send my reply privately to Thomas - instead
of to the list. Sorry, here it is.


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From: Petr Hluzín <address@hidden>
Date: 19 June 2010 12:47
Subject: Re: [Simulavr-devel] Eclipse project settings
To: ThomasK <address@hidden>


Hello folks

On 19 June 2010 10:33, ThomasK <address@hidden> wrote:
> lately I've changed git settings to ignore eclipse configuration files from
> VC. So everybody can use it's own settings, if he/she will work with
> eclipse.
>
> But maybe it would be a good idea to have some "common settings" for the
> project (for example tab usage) and to freeze if also by git.
>
> Comments?

How many common settings we have?
How many settings are usually different among programmers?
I assume that Eclipse projects use relative paths.

Keeping common settings in repo makes sense. One has just to be
careful to not commit his own customizations to repo. CVS and
Subversion can be set to "locally" ignore a file - the file will be
updated from repo but will not be offered in commit dialog.

Keeping working project file for an IDE is a message to newcomers that:
* simulavr is known to work under the IDE
* the hard work of creating a project file is already done (often it is a pain)
* some simulavr coder is available to help with simulavr-specific IDE quirks

So yeah, good idea.
(It would be even better if Eclipse project files did contain a
comment saying they are Eclipse project files.)

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Petr Hluzin