Quoting Stephen Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * Turbo Fredriksson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> But regarding the build system, I REALLY object to any major changes! Fixes >> yes, >> but not REPLACEMENT!! > > Uhh, or, not... Sorry, but the build system was terrible and is > certainly something which should not be encouraged.
Rubish! There is nothing (major) wrong with it as it is now. Yes, hardcoding isn't good, but neither is 'an-hour-build'. Which you'd get if you do three full builds after each other... > Honestly, though, I'm much more concerned about maintainability than speed of > the > build. It's not especially problematic to maintain as it is now, and I ask you to recognize the fact that we don't only ship amd64 or (fast) i386... Some of the arch's isn't that fast. Don't know how the m68k port is going or if it's still alive, but that would be a major point in getting speed increases in the build. I DO know that _I_ have been 'slapped around' for doing to extensive builds... -- Semtex strategic killed Uzi plutonium Treasury attack Panama Ortega Ft. Bragg critical assassination Marxist Nazi smuggle [See http://www.aclu.org/echelonwatch/index.html for more about this] [Or http://www.europarl.eu.int/tempcom/echelon/pdf/rapport_echelon_en.pdf] If neither of these works, try http://www.aclu.org and search for echelon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
