RE: re: Findbugs 1.1.1 Eclipse Settings

It's been explained enough, so mine is another vote for following the
Eclipse standards.


-----Original Message-----
From: findbugs-discuss-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:findbugs-discuss-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Cole
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 1:06 PM
To: findbugs-discuss@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Michael Gerz
Subject: [FB-Discuss] re: Findbugs 1.1.1 Eclipse Settings


On Oct 3, 2006, at 5:24 AM, Michael Gerz wrote:
> Hello everybody!
>
> Changes.html for findbugs1.1.1 states the following:
>
>   Eclipse plugin: project data files now stored in .metadata (not in 
> the project itself)
>
> I don't think that this is a good idea. As a project manager, I would 
> like to make sure that all project members use the same FB settings. 
> Therefore, I consider ".fbprefs" as part of my project (just like code 
> style / formatting / etc.), not as a local setting.

Well, I did consider your point of view, and I'm willing to change it if
enough people agree with you.
The question is, what percentage of you want to make sure that all project
members use the same settings? (With the proviso that we're in the domain of
shared eclipse directories. If each project member has his/her own sandbox,
which is more often the case I think, then this doesn't matter.
Or does it??)

If one developer decides to check the "Run findbugs automatically"  
box, should that apply to all
the other group members? Might one developer want to disable all the
SQL-related detectors while another would want to see those but disable all
the Serialization-related detectors?

I decided that moving .fbprefs into the .metadata [getStateLocation ()]
instead of .settings [getWorkingLocation()] would be better for the user
population as a whole. If project members want to be able to use different
settings they can. And it is at least possible (though admittedly not
convenient) for all project members to have the same settings.  
I'd like to hear all opinions on this.

-brian

PS. Do we at least all agree that the .fbwarnings file does indeed belong in
.metadata?

>
> However, if you want to adhere to Eclipse conventions, you should  
> store that file in ./.settings, not in the project's root  
> directory. It would also be beneficial if the file is somehow  
> sorted internally. Each time I make a single change the settings,  
> the file looks completely different (it even varies in size!) which  
> makes it very difficult to spot the differences.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Michael Gerz

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