[cdt-dev] Heads-up on a design change for default project configuration

[Sean Evoy <sevoy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,
I want to give the developers looking
at the managed build system a heads-up on an unanticipated design change
that will be needed to solve bugzilla 54202. The problem is that I am using
the cdtbuild file to store the last target and configuration the user was
editing. When the user changes configurations in the UI (even to simply
verify the settings), I update the cdtbuild file. Since this file is checked
into source control, it gets checked out all the time.

Clearly, the solution is to store the
last viewed/edited configuration in the project's persistent property store
on a per-user basis. Frankly, this was a convenience feature to begin with,
so where the information gets stored is not that important to me. The changes
to the persist-load logic for a project is small. However, if this is going
to cause problems for your ongoing work, you have small window to let me
know and I will try and accommodate your concerns.

Sean Evoy
Rational Software - IBM Software Group
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada