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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




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