On 3/7/19 1:04 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > I don't mind a switch to mandatory out-of-tree builds (I like the > convenience of in-tree for quick hacks, but VPATH is infinitely more > flexible when testing multiple build configurations in parallel, and > I've worked on other projects with mandatory VPATH builds without seeing > too many complaints there).
I will add: The GNU Coding Standards require both in-tree and out-of-tree builds to work (and you get that with Autotool'd projects). But since qemu is intentionally not using Autotools, and is not a GNU project, it is merely an annoyance to me if in-tree builds are broken (I'm much more annoyed by projects that don't support VPATH builds than by projects that don't support in-tree builds). And if switching to out-of-tree-only eases maintenance burdens (less .gitignore patches from me, for starters :), then we can spend developer time on more important stuff. -- Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3226 Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org
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