On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 3:33 AM, Adam Barth <aba...@webkit.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:22 AM, Mark Rowe <mr...@apple.com> 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. > Living with the chromium system of generating the files on the fly, I always find it bothersome when the slowest step (by far) of my sync is generating these project files. So I personally prefer checking in the generated files (and letting this delay be on the person making the change -- rather than distributing this generation step to everyone). (As Mark mentions) this seems to also have the benefit of disrupting people's workflow the least. dave
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