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Bug 54563 - Allow use source directory by 2 projects
Summary: Allow use source directory by 2 projects
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: projects
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Generic Infrastructure (show other bugs)
Version: 4.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: Jesse Glick
URL:
Keywords:
: 66437 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2005-02-04 17:54 UTC by zikmund
Modified: 2006-01-23 13:32 UTC (History)
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Description zikmund 2005-02-04 17:54:14 UTC 
Allow usage of 1 source folder in 2 projects.

Now there's an error dialog in such case and you
are prohibited to share it. We could probably only
ask user if he/she really wants to do it.

See nbusers thread
http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/BrowseList?listName=nbusers&by=thread&from=28292
for more information.
Comment 1 Milan Kubec 2005-02-07 10:56:25 UTC 
There are good reasons why to forbid that. Doing it would lead to
really unwanted side efects. Tomas please clarify what could happen.
Comment 2 Tomas Zezula 2005-02-07 16:21:38 UTC 
Definitely WANTFIX for promo-E, probably WANTFIX at all.
This is a nightmare feature of prj40_prototype. The only way how to
find a Project for a FileObject was through nodes which propagate the
Project  in lookup from the parent to children. My personal opinion is
to close it as WANTFIX.
Comment 3 Milan Kubec 2005-02-07 16:27:29 UTC 
Tomas please provide description of possible problems that arise when
two projects would share one source root. Thanks.
Comment 4 Jesse Glick 2005-03-10 16:30:44 UTC 
Absolutely WONTFIX, not now or ever. Numerous complications arise from
attempting to do this, and it is not necessary for any actual use case that I am
aware of anyway.
Comment 5 Jan Lahoda 2006-01-23 13:32:50 UTC 
*** Issue 66437 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***