On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Nicholas Nethercote <n.netherc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What you're asking for is something beyond that -- you want sub-file > dependency tracking, because we (unfortunately) have some files that > are depended on by many other files. But in lieu of sub-file > dependency tracking you'll take manual overrides that emulate them by > doing partial builds, relying on your knowledge of the codebase to > know that those partial builds are safe. In other words, you want to > treat the build system not as a black box. > > That seems like a difficult requirement to satisfy, especially in a > way that isn't prone to breakage over time. > Sure, but if there are enough core developers who gain an order of magnitude in turnaround time by being able to do this (and there are certainly quite a few in this thread), it's probably worth finding some way to support. _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
