[FR-devel] RE: Problem with config/properties.xml

[Curt Hibbs]

Unfortunately, from a runtime standpoint it makes sense for it to be in the
same directory. It is meant to be a temporary substitute for using RubyGems
for plugins (which we will do eventually) where everything would be packaged
in the same RubyGem file.

Rich, would it make any sends to have a "defaultProps.xml" file that would
be used if properties.xml was missing? The default file would then be used
for initial values the first time the plugin is run. Thereafter
properties.xml would be used (because it now exists). We could then check
"defaultProps.xml" in to CVS and ignore "properties.xml"

What do you think?

Curt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laurent Julliard [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 8:53 AM
> To: Rich Kilmer
> Cc: Curt Hibbs
> Subject: Problem with config/properties.xml
>
>
> Rich,
>
>    We have a small problem with the config/properties.xml file. One of
> the plugins uses this file to show how one can easily modified the
> properties.xml file but then cvs always says that the file has been
> modified. So each developer will probably end up committing either the
> original or modified version for ever.
>
>   Since this file is an important one (it's going to be the global
> config file right?) we cannot say cvs to ignore it (as I did for
> freeride.log). So may I suggest that either we avoid playing with this
> file in the sample plugins. On th other hand it's good to show how to
> modify a property file. So I don't know what to do here.
>
> In my opinion this illustrates that data files (or working files) should
> be placed elsewhere (I mean not in the freeride tree). On Linux it's
> easy enough to assume the existence of a $HOME/.freeride directory and
> store the customized properties.xml file in there but I don't know how
> it translates in a Windows environment.
>
> Laurent
>
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