> -----Original Message----- > From: Travis Vitek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 12:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Default BUILDTYPE and/or BUILDMODE? > > > > >Eric Lemings wrote: > > > >What is the default BUILDTYPE if it is not defined in the > build (make) > >command? > > 11s > ... > > I only followed that sentence for the first 20 words or so. I don't > understand what you mean when you refer to 'snapshots' and 'releases'. > It sounds like you are proposing that the default be > different based on > who is doing the build?
Right. Developers usually build with debugging turned on but users will more likely opt for optimized builds for installation. A "release" is a copy of a source distribution (or the tagged Subversion repositories used to create such distributions). A "snapshot" is any other non-released copy of the source. Brad.
