On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Benjamin Bentmann
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> These are the two possible directions to go:
>
> a) Use the current platform encoding, aka the system property
> "file.encoding".
>
> b) Use a static/fixed value that is defined by convention, i.e. is not
> platform-dependent.
I'd opt for
c) Use a configurable value, by default the current platform encoding.
Should be
* Upwards compatible
* Simplify the use of Maven for people who don't need to care for that value.
(Most development teams have uniform development platforms, or at least
uniform default encodings.)
* Make reproducable builds possible for the rest.
--
Look, that's why there's rules, understand? So that you think before
you break 'em.
-- (Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time)
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