How much time does it save?

- Kyle

On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 10:10 PM, Gregory Szorc <g...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> Currently, the Firefox build system builds C++ tests by default. This adds
> extra time to builds for something that a significant chunk of developers
> don't care about because they don't run them.
>
> An easy way to get faster builds is to disable C++ tests by default
> (requiring a mozconfig entry to enable them - which would be enabled in
> automation, of course). A more involved solution is to build them on
> demand, when tests are executed (unless a build option says to build them
> like today).
>
> I was curious if Gecko developers (the audience I perceive that cares about
> them the most) would be generally opposed to disabling building C++ tests
> by default. If not, we can go with an easy solution (and require people who
> care to add a mozconfig entry). If so, we go with the harder solution.
>
> Is disabling building C++ tests by default a reasonable change?
> _______________________________________________
> dev-platform mailing list
> dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org
> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
_______________________________________________
dev-platform mailing list
dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org
https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform

Reply via email to