Why do we need a build directory and an output directory

[timfox]

The old build used to put all its output (jars, classes, documents etc) in the output directory.

It seems this is still being used *for some things* with the new build, but a new output directory "build" is being used for other things.

I think we should just have just one output directory. I don't mind what's its called but I don't think we should have two.

[ataylor]

I think that the output directory must be a hangover from an older build script. If you delete, that should sort it.

I have noticed that an output dir is built under the tests directory, I'll change this to build to be consistent!

[jmesnil]

I've checked and run our build script and it seems we no longer use the output dir.

You may still have it as a leftover before we switched to put everything in the build dir. Can you check the modification time of the files in your output dir to confirm they're old?

[clebert.suconic]

Resurrecting an old thread:

If you build docs from /trunk/docs/userguid, the output is /trunk/output/docs

If you build docs from /trunk/build.xml by calling distro, the output is /trunk/docs/userguide/build


That should be a simple change to be done after alpha.

[clebert.suconic]

Resurrecting an old thread:

I just realized something... a 2 weeks old discussion is already considered old for us... Things are happening fast here!