Mac did not need a clobber, nor does it generally. Windows certainly required a clobber.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Evan Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do we need to clobber Mac builds on these announcements? > > (The SCons build has only needed clobbering once so far.) > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Mike Pinkerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hey everyone! >> >> Given that clobbers are sometimes a necessary and required part of our >> build process, we as a team need to do a better job communicating when >> they're required. IRC and the waterfall are one step, but for those >> that don't build on all platforms every day, a passing status message >> may go un-noticed. As a result, I'm asking folks to please send out an >> email to this list when a clobber is required. >> >> Why is this a big deal? The way our build is configured (at least on >> windows), the solution doesn't stop building if it encounters errors. >> As a result, you can easily spend a full hour doing a depend build >> (that's how long it takes on my 3yrold PC, for example) on a tree >> that's not very old and at the end be left with nothing but an error >> somewhere in the build output. Sure, you still have to pitch the build >> and start over, but at least you didn't waste the hour to get to this >> point. When you're trying to build quickly to test on other platforms, >> the setback is annoying and wasteful of valuable developer time. >> >> Let me know if you can think of better ways to improve this >> communication for everyone's benefit. Thanks! >> >> -- >> Mike Pinkerton >> Mac Weenie >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > >> > > > > -- Mike Pinkerton Mac Weenie [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
