[ JDK VERSION : 1.6 ]

Hi,

I would like to propose a device-configuration strategy that uses configurations that are structured in a tree instead of the current flat structure.

The tree would allow for inherritance of a configuration. For example I would have a configuration named Nokia_N90 which contains all settings for the Nokia N90 device. But I also want a configuration which is exactly the same, but has debug information. I would inherrit from the Nokia_N90 configuration and turn on the "Compile with Debug information" feature.
This is now possible only at creation time of the configuration, where I duplicate a configuration, but any change made to the duplicatee afterwards is not reflected in the duplicate, which possibly causes many problems.

The same would go for example if I would have configurations for devices with a specific screen size. I would have a dir per screen size with corresponding images, and have per configuration tree sources included or excluded.
Now when I add a new directory, which is for specific configurations, I need to go through all configurations and uncheck the new dir, because it is only valid for the new. Which is a major pain when you have more than 10 configurations, which is not uncommon with the many different devices currently out there.

These are 2 use-cases for this new feature I'm requesting.

Iwan