On 2011-03-23, at 12:29, Adam Barth wrote: > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Mark Rowe <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 2011-03-23, at 12:17, Adam Barth wrote: >>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Mark Rowe <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 2011-03-23, at 03:33, Adam Barth wrote: >>>>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:22 AM, Mark Rowe <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> On 2011-03-22, at 23:50, Adam Barth wrote: >>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Mark Rowe <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> In any case, I'm glad we've found a technically feasible solution. >>>>>> >>>>>> We've had at least one technically feasible solution from day zip: check >>>>>> in the generated project files. >>>>> >>>>> From my perspective, approach (2) is more desirable than checking in >>>>> generated project files because approach (2) encapsulates >>>>> Apple-internal build process to Apple folks, more specifically to the >>>>> Apple folks who interact with the Apple-internal build system. >>>>> Checking in generated project files, on the other hand, imposes a >>>>> maintenance burden on all WebKit contributors. >>>> >>>> The maintenance burden you mention is minuscule in comparison to the >>>> existing requirement of updating umpteen different build systems, >>>> including the impossible-to-hand-edit Xcode project files. This is >>>> particularly true when we're still going to be updating umpteen minus one >>>> build systems for the foreseeable future. If the Xcode project files were >>>> the only remaining project files then I'd certainly take this argument >>>> more seriously. >>> >>> Yes, unifying all our various build systems is a long journey and this >>> is just the first step. >> >> I'm glad that we agree that checking in the generated project files would >> create only a minuscule burden. > > I'm afraid you've misunderstood me. I do not agree with that statement.
My apologies. Typically leading out with "yes" indicates that you agree with a given statement. - Mark _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
