[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-23475) split ide-config.properties into multiple files

[Nick Boldt (JIRA)]

    [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-23475?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13319903#comment-13319903 ] 

Nick Boldt commented on JBIDE-23475:
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After lengthy discussion w/ Fred on this, we decided to maintain the single file, ide-config.properties, so as to not break downstream API or necessitate more downloads of more files (a folder or zip).

Instead, I'll create a pom.xml which calls python (or calls a custom mojo) which can assemble ide-config-*.fragment files into a complete ide-config.properties file.

That way the edits can be less destructive / easier to generate & audit, and the stuff that doesn't change (eg., properties for jbt 4.3.x / ds 9.x) need not be changed at all.

> split ide-config.properties into multiple files  
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>
>                 Key: JBIDE-23475
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-23475
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>          Components: build, central, central-update
>    Affects Versions: 4.4.2.AM3
>            Reporter: Nick Boldt
>            Assignee: Nick Boldt
>             Fix For: 4.4.2.Final
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> I'd like to split the contents of the current ide-config.properties file into multiple files so the content is easier to maintain via code generation.
> So, rather than 1 big file [1] we could split this into 5 files:
> * ide-config_4.4.snapshots.properties - contains the properties needed for jbosstools and devstudio CI builds (currently 4.4.2.Final and 10.2.0.GA)
> * ide-config_4.4.staging.properties - contains the properties needed for the latest jbosstools and devstudio staging build (currently 4.4.2.AM3 and 10.2.0.AM3)
> * ide-config_4.4.development.properties - contains the properties needed for the latest jbosstools and devstudio development build (currently 4.4.2.AM2 and 10.1.0.GA)
> * ide-config_4.4.stable.properties - contains the properties needed for the latest jbosstools and devstudio stable build (currently 4.4.1.Final and 10.1.0.GA)
> * ide-config.properties - contains all the other properties for 4.3.x and earlier releases
> [1] https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-download.jboss.org/blob/master/jbosstools/configuration/ide-config.properties
> By splitting this into smaller files, the contents that need to be changed every 3 weeks when we stage or release a build could be generated destructively, rather than having to worry about making changes w/ sed and not accidentally pushing in an invalid URL or value.
> From the central side of things, we would just want to treat all ide-config*.properties files as if they were pieces of a single file, and load them all into the same hash of properties we currently have from the single file.



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