On 15/01/2014 02:37, Matt Brubeck wrote: > On 1/13/2014 8:05 PM, Mike Hommey wrote: >> I hear frontend developers are using it for frontend code, I would like >> to know if you would be bothered if it were to disappear. > > As a front-end developer, I think dumbmake is harmful almost as often as > it is helpful, and should be replaced with something better. In > addition to cases where it builds too little, there are also common > cases where it builds too much. For example, when I run "mach build > toolkit/content", it wastes time relinking libxul even if I changed only > JavaScript code. > > I agree that that the best solution would be a command similar in spirit > to "mach build binaries" but for non-C/C++ changes, to provide fast > correct builds for front-end-only changes without requiring developers > to memorize dependencies between directories. But I'm not sure how one > might implement this.
I miss the old build tier_app target. Can whatever replaces dumbmake do something like that? Phil -- Philip Chee <phi...@aleytys.pc.my>, <philip.c...@gmail.com> http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
