On 05/05/2012 12:49 AM, Kacper Kowalik wrote: > On 04.05.2012 18:30, hasufell wrote: >> # @ECLASS-VARIABLE: CMAKE_VERBOSE >> # @DESCRIPTION: >> # Set to enable verbose messages during compilation. >> >> By default this is deactivated which is inconvenient imo and results in >> pastes having minimum information. >> I have to tell users every time to recompile with CMAKE_VERBOSE=1 so >> that I have proper information on what is going on. >> >> Are there any arguments against this being default? >> > Hi, > It's been discussed previously here [1] > with nack from cmake-utils.eclass maintainers and general conclusion > that's too "expensive" to write to stdout :/ > If you're gonna make it happen this time, I'll owe you a beer... > Cheers, > Kacper > > [1] > http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_1b58b577fde07f7735ae6b9eb34885be.xml
They should probably be using the emerge --quiet-build option if they're concerned about the expense of build output going to the console. Anyway, it seems like verbose would be a good default, with an option to override it for people who enjoy watching build output scroll by in their spare time. -- Thanks, Zac
