Re: [stellation-res] Website reorganization: doc folder moved to top l

["Jonathan Gossage" <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The only advantage is that it gives documentation that does not have another
logical home a place to live. Eclipse is much happier dealing with thing in
projects which is why I suggested a "simple"project for it.

Regards

Jonathan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Wright - IBM Research" <jwright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <stellation-res@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stellation-res@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [stellation-res] Website reorganization: doc folder moved to
top level


> I've been avoiding checking in .project and .classpath files
> for the doc directory -- there's no classpath as such; do you think
there's
> any value in having a .project file for docs?
>
> For building javadoc, it would make sense to have both, of course.
> I think javadoc build files belong in one (or more) of the actual plugin
> projects, so that developers can easily build fresh javadoc locally.
> When generating javadoc for the website, I've specified the appropriate
> output folder as a build property.
>
> What makes sense to you?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim
>
> At 11:33 AM 1/23/2003, Jonathan Gossage wrote:
> >The reason that I thought we should use a common structure is so we don't
> >step on each other's toes with .project and .classpath files, unless you
> >think that such files should not be under revision control.
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Jonathan
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jim Wright - IBM Research" <jwright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <stellation-res@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:52 AM
> >Subject: RE: [stellation-res] Website reorganization: doc folder moved to
> >top level
> >
> >
> > > Jonathan,
> > >
> > > At 06:26 PM 1/22/2003, Jonathan Gossage wrote:
> > > >Where do you want to put this when it is downloaded into Eclipse.
Should
> >we
> > > >create a new "simple" project to hold it?
> > >
> > > The short answer is 'whatever works for you'.
> > > I should probably have clarified that in my earlier post.
> > >
> > > For general website maintenance, I have an Eclipse workspace with a
single
> > > 'project' rooted at 'org.eclipse.stellation' (in CVS repositories
view,
> > > select /home/technology/org.eclipse.stellation and just 'Check Out As
> > > Project').  AFAIK, that's the only way to access the top-level website
> > > folder, and it gives direct access to everything in the site in a
single
> > > local workspace.
> > >
> > > If you don't want the whole site mirrored locally, you can get just
the
> > > 'doc' folder:
> > > * In CVS repositories view, select
> >/home/technology/org.eclipse.stellation/doc
> > > * Right-click, select 'Check Out As Project'
> > >
> > > That adds a single project 'doc' to your current Eclipse workspace.
> > > While 'doc' doesn't follow Eclipse naming conventions for plug-ins,
it's
> > > not a plug-in,
> > > so I don't think anyone will complain ;->
> > >
> > > The same approach works for the 'downloads' folder, of course, or any
> >other
> > > top-level folder.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Jim
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > > > >From: stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > >[mailto:stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim
> >Wright -
> > > > > >IBM Research
> > > > > >Sent: January 21, 2003 4:25 PM
> > > > > >To: stellation-res@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > >Subject: [stellation-res] Website reorganization: doc folder
moved to
> > > > > >top level
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I've just finished moving the 'doc' folder to the top level of
the
> > > > > >org.eclipse.stellation website.  I believe I've updated all the
> >relevant
> > > > > >links;
> > > > > >please let me know if you find any broken ones.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >This change was done to make it easier to download the actual
> > > > > >project code
> > > > > >by itself, from org.eclipse.stellation/plugins, without getting
> > > > > >the full set
> > > > > >of 'doc' files at the same time.  There should be no change in
the
> >visual
> > > > > >appearance of the web site (unless I screwed up).
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Over time, it's possible that the org.eclipse.stellation.misc
> > > > > >project will
> > > > > >disappear entirely (if we find a better place for the existing
> > > > > >scripts and
> > > > > >tests).
>
> --
> Jim Wright, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
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