Re: [PATCH 00/22] Towards a non-recursive build system for coreutils?

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 08/31/2012 08:28 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> As expected, the build now seems faster.
>> I haven't yet measured it.
> 
> Not wanting to ask work of you but it would be great if when all was
> said and done there was a posting of the build time that changed due
> to the build infrastructure change from recursive to non-recursive
> make.  It would be an interesting datapoint.
>
FWIW, I'm helping with this conversion because I believe non-recursive
builds offer improved clarity, correctness and reliability.  The fact
that they might also end up offering enhanced performance is just an
extra (albeit valuable) perk, not a motivating factor.

Regards,
  Stefano