[UserStory] create a project properties file

[cjd2951]

User Story

Essential components

• Title describes the story
• Stakeholder type is identified
• Outcome is described
• Rationale is explicit
• Acceptance criteria are verifiable and from the perspective of the stakeholder

Story

As a Maintainer
I want the project to have a file for configuring global environment variables
so that I can easily reuse and modify the project configuration without searching the entire codebase

Acceptance Criteria

(Rules or scenarios are acceptable formats.)

• Rule 1 the project has a dedicated config file
• Rule 2 the project loads the config file values when building the project

[jody]

What is the actual problem being addressed? (Without greater clarity, it sounds like, "I want a configuration file so I can use a configuration file.")

What is intended by a "configuration file" and why is it the best solution for this context? (The examples given in stories #126 and #127 appear to be symbolic constant concerns.)