[Olsr-dev] eclipse project files

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On 05/09/2012 05:15 AM, Ferry Huberts wrote:
> 
> 
> On 09-05-12 11:08, Henning Rogge wrote:
>> On 05/09/2012 10:09 AM, Ferry Huberts wrote:
>>> Not sure what you mean.
>>> As you said yourself, olsrd uses an external makefile and I've
>>> configured eclipse to use that same makefile.
>>
>> I use different build targets in my CDT settings to work on Linux and
>> Win32 compilation. Which means my .cproject file will be different and
>> my different copy will be committed to the repository when I push a
>> change.
>>
> 
> ok.
> we can solve that easily with separate build configurations in eclipse.
> I will push my eclipse config into a branch so you can look at it and
> add a mingw build configuration (if you like).
> 
>>>> If we put the files in, generating your own configuration becomes more
>>>> difficult because your changes might be accidentally pushed back into
>>>> the main repository.
>>>>
> 
> that's a bit the point ;-)
> 
>>>> Maybe we could put two example files (project/cproject) into the files
>>>> folder?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think this adds no value. My point is that it would be awesome to
>>> clone and then import in eclipse and be able to start work right away
>>
>> We could add an extra line into the default makefile that copies both
>> files to the main directory if they are not present. This way you have a
>> quick way to start with eclipse, but you are not always in danger to
>> overwrite the default project settings with your own.
>>
> 
> I would not prefer that because that would make a change in the project
> configuration difficult to commit

I agree that the files should only be included in their standard
location, its not really worth doing it in files/, I think it'll just
add confusion.  If its possible to include all the needed build
configurations, it would be nice to have these files in place.

.hc