From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JFTLd-0004vg-DB for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:55:53 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D7646E0192; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:55:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp-3.tky.hut.fi (smtp03.tky.fi [82.130.63.73]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9062FE0192 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:55:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.130.46.228] ([82.130.46.228]) by smtp-3.tky.hut.fi (SMSSMTP 4.1.9.35) with SMTP id M2008011713554918916 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:55:49 +0200 Message-ID: <478F4244.6020800@gentoo.org> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:55:48 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?UGV0dGVyaSBSw6R0eQ==?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071124) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-java@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: gentoo-java Subject: Re: [gentoo-java] Moving Eclipse-3.3 to tree References: <478F2E28.7040809@multinet.no> In-Reply-To: <478F2E28.7040809@multinet.no> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 OpenPGP: url=http://users.tkk.fi/~praty/public.asc Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig407B92B7E1F6E3E4666C0291" X-Archives-Salt: 99e08b28-1bee-4d29-b85d-3532bac17293 X-Archives-Hash: 6f99649cd97dd6fcce3118935f638d8b This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig407B92B7E1F6E3E4666C0291 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Eivind Tagseth kirjoitti: > Jean-No=C3=ABl Rivasseau wrote: >> 2) It would have a simpler configuration syntax (pure familiar Bash=20 >> syntax resulting in things like ECLIPSE_MAX_MEMORY=3D"128M", whereas t= he=20 >> syntax in the eclipse.ini file is more obscure even for me - looks=20 >> like there should be one option per line). >> >> What is your feedback on this? Other options could include sourcing=20 >> ~/.eclipserc, I don't like that much (it would create yet another .*=20 >> file in the home directory). Plus this is probably something to set=20 >> globally on the system. >> >> However, I was wondering if /etc/conf.d would be appropriate for an=20 >> application's settings. Most of the stuff there is either server=20 >> related (tomcat, apache etc...) or system related (alsa, clock, xdm...= ) >> > How about an environment variable like ECLIPSE_MAX_MEMORY (or=20 > ECLIPSE_JAVA_OPTS) that's put in a file in /etc/profile.d? >=20 > This would let administrators set up good system defaults, while=20 > allowing users to override the settings in their own shell (command=20 > line, og .bashrc etc). >=20 >=20 > Eivind Environment variables would work but for example Debian has a strict=20 policy against environment variable pollution. /etc/conf.d/ is not=20 really meant for applications. I would suggest using .gentoo/eclipserc=20 because that would avoid possible problems with upstream adding=20 something like .eclipserc in the future. Regards, Petteri --------------enig407B92B7E1F6E3E4666C0291 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkePQkUACgkQcxLzpIGCsLQmtgCdHWmoGwbnthyKQkXiJWd7QmfV l/oAnRK6ppzpJ1GsvwrCGnzvlp5b6tU7 =NUo7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig407B92B7E1F6E3E4666C0291-- -- gentoo-java@lists.gentoo.org mailing list