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Re: [Axiom-commit] [Axiom-developer] Re: SF.net SVN: axiom: [266]branche
From: |
Gabriel Dos Reis |
Subject: |
Re: [Axiom-commit] [Axiom-developer] Re: SF.net SVN: axiom: [266]branches/build-improvements/src |
Date: |
18 Nov 2006 23:40:21 +0100 |
"Bill Page" <address@hidden> writes:
[...]
| > | > Given that, I would like to temporarilly revert the patch
| > | > and work it out in fuller details. Opinions?
| > | >
| > |
| > | I believe the current patch is harmless when it comes to the
| > | possible proclaim optimization and that it does achieve the
| > | goal of database optimization (which is a separate issue).
| > | Personally I don't see anything to gain by reverting it.
| >
| > It adds a confusion over an existing tower of confusions.
| >
|
| Ok. Maybe true. But as you said: documentation of what this is
| doing is critical.
yes.
| > Frankly, we all think that the current makefile is a mess.
| > Unfortunately, the patch adds to that mess even thought it
| > originally intended to do something good.
| >
|
| I am all for more simplicity but making something like the
| Axiom build simple is likely to take a lot of time and some
| more inspiration.
Quite true :-)
[...]
| > This ultimately raised the issue of how to enforce testsuite
| > and the whole build process. I don't have much time left this
| > afternoon. I know of DejaGnu framework and the QMTest framework
| > for running testsuite. I have far more extensive experience
| > with DejaGnu than with QMTest. On the other hand, I'm pretty
| > sure people would object to DejaGnu for various reasons.
| >
|
| What reasons?
I don't know -- this is Axiom ;-)
| I took a quite look at DejaGnu.
|
| http://www.gnu.org/software/dejagnu
|
| I did not see anything to which I would immediately object.
I'll give news on this front, later -- definitely, not today.
-- Gaby
- Re: [Axiom-commit] [Axiom-developer] Re: SF.net SVN: axiom: [266]branches/build-improvements/src, (continued)
- RE: [Axiom-commit] [Axiom-developer] Re: SF.net SVN: axiom: [266]branches/build-improvements/src, Bill Page, 2006/11/18
- Re: [Axiom-commit] [Axiom-developer] Re: SF.net SVN: axiom: [266]branches/build-improvements/src, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2006/11/18
- Re: [Axiom-commit] [Axiom-developer] Re: SF.net SVN: axiom: [266]branches/build-improvements/src, Ralf Hemmecke, 2006/11/18
- Re: [Axiom-commit] [Axiom-developer] Re: SF.net SVN: axiom: [266]branches/build-improvements/src, Martin Rubey, 2006/11/18
- [Axiom-developer] AxiomUnit, Ralf Hemmecke, 2006/11/18
- [Axiom-developer] Re: AxiomUnit, Martin Rubey, 2006/11/19
- [Axiom-developer] AxiomUnit, DejaGnu, and QMTest, Bill Page, 2006/11/20
- [Axiom-developer] Re: AxiomUnit, DejaGnu, and QMTest, Martin Rubey, 2006/11/20
- RE: [Axiom-commit] [Axiom-developer] Re: SF.net SVN: axiom: [266]branches/build-improvements/src, Bill Page, 2006/11/18
- Re: [Axiom-commit] [Axiom-developer] Re: SF.net SVN: axiom: [266]branches/build-improvements/src,
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