I'm assuming it still allows to create multiple obj directories under js/src, right? I think most of us have at least _DBG.OBJ and _OPT.OBJ, and having to put those outside js/src would be somewhat annoying.
If so: \o/ On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Mike Hommey <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Bug 950298 is going to engage first gear into a future where the js > build system doesn't live on its own with a lot of duplication and pain. > > The main thing 950298 does is that, while configure still lives under > js/src, for all other purposes, the toplevel directory in > mozilla-central is considered the main directory. > > In practice, this means files that used to be in e.g. objdir/ or > objdir/shell will be in resp. objdir/js/src or objdir/js/src/shell. > What doesn't change is the location of the dist dir: objdir/dist. > > Hopefully, my patch doesn't break js engine developers workflow. Please > feel free to test it before landing and report any problem with your > specific workflow. > > Further changes will allow (non exhaustive list): > - To have only one configure script. > - To avoid some of the headaches due to not-quite-js-code (icu, ffi, > mfbt) > - To build nspr as part of the js standalone build. > - To use mach. > > Cheers, > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > dev-tech-js-engine-internals mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-js-engine-internals > _______________________________________________ dev-tech-js-engine-internals mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-js-engine-internals
