On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 09:39:54 -0400, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote: > On Jun 26, 2013, at 09:04 AM, Eric V. Smith wrote: > > >I run 'make distclean' fairly often, but maybe it's just out of habit. > >If I'm adding/deleting modules, I want to make sure there are no build > >artifacts. And since I have modified files, a clean checkout won't help > >(easily, at least). > > As do I. I think it still makes sense for us to include a working distclean, > especially since it's a very common target for make-based builds.
We also sometimes ask someone reporting an issue to do a make distclean and recompile, and many of these reporters will be working from a tarball rather than a checkout. Sure, they could re-unpack the tarball (if they haven't deleted it already), but make distclean is easier. --David _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
