Is it bad practice to include properties/configuaration files within jars?

Question

For example:

MyApp is a web app that contains a properties file (server.properties) that describes config data (e.g. server names) for the app. In the development phase

Answer 1

I've asked a similar question. We haven't figured it all out yet. But we're looking into URL Resources. Where the property-file is read directly from SVN. No need update anything other than the property file.