Re: Deciding on IDE Project Layout

[Shane Isbell <sh...@gmail.com>]

Unless there are any objections, I'm going to make the flat directory
structure layout the default layout. This will make it much easier for
current .NET developers to just drop in a pom into their existing projects
and have NMaven work.

Shane


On Nov 15, 2007 12:14 PM, Shane Isbell <sh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Could I get a quick poll of what is the preferred directory layout for
> NMaven projects? Currently, we have both the typical Maven style project
> layout src/main/csharp and src/test/csharp and so on and also the VS2005
> format, which is flat, with just a single Test directory at the same level
> as the module's classes. Currently, we support both, but the typical Maven
> layout is troublesome when dealing with Visual Studio (or SharpDevelop).
> Does anyone see any problems with moving to a single, flat directory
> structure for our standard? We could still support the typical Maven style
> layout for command line, it would just be that anything that requires IDE
> support would be required to have a flat project structure.
>
> Thanks,
> Shane
>

Re: Deciding on IDE Project Layout

[Brett Porter <br...@apache.org>]

+1

When I have to justify Maven's defaults I say it's consistency that  
matters, not the actual choice of location. So it makes sense to start  
out with a choice that works for most people.

The only downside is that it will be less familiar with Java Maven  
users - but I don't think that's an overriding concern.

How do you specify this default though? Just what is in the Archetype,  
or are there pieces of plugin configuration that will take these  
paths? I would have assumed most was coded into the POM <build>  
section which unfortunately takes the Java settings from the super POM  
- perhaps those defaults really need to be mixed in by Maven based on  
packaging type.

- Brett

On 13/12/2007, at 8:30 AM, Shane Isbell wrote:

> Unless there are any objections, I'm going to make the flat directory
> structure layout the default layout. This will make it much easier for
> current .NET developers to just drop in a pom into their existing  
> projects
> and have NMaven work.
>
> Shane
>
>
> On Nov 15, 2007 12:14 PM, Shane Isbell <sh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Could I get a quick poll of what is the preferred directory layout  
>> for
>> NMaven projects? Currently, we have both the typical Maven style  
>> project
>> layout src/main/csharp and src/test/csharp and so on and also the  
>> VS2005
>> format, which is flat, with just a single Test directory at the  
>> same level
>> as the module's classes. Currently, we support both, but the  
>> typical Maven
>> layout is troublesome when dealing with Visual Studio (or  
>> SharpDevelop).
>> Does anyone see any problems with moving to a single, flat directory
>> structure for our standard? We could still support the typical  
>> Maven style
>> layout for command line, it would just be that anything that  
>> requires IDE
>> support would be required to have a flat project structure.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Shane
>>