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List:       lyx-devel
Subject:    Re: Questions for Uwe once you are back
From:       Stephan Witt <st.witt () gmx ! net>
Date:       2016-01-15 15:19:41
Message-ID: 0029191B-328C-4427-BC14-3948BB1D558E () gmx ! net
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> Am 15.01.2016 um 15:48 schrieb Peter Kümmel <syntheticpp@gmx.net>:
> 
> 
> 
> Am 15.01.2016 um 15:01 schrieb Stephan Witt:
>> Am 15.01.2016 um 14:41 schrieb Peter Kümmel <syntheticpp@gmx.net>:
>>> 
>>> Am 14.01.2016 um 23:32 schrieb Uwe Stöhr:
>>>> Am 14.01.2016 um 21:22 schrieb Georg Baum:
>>>> 
>>>>>> So I still think that creating a new git branch and copying the files
>>>>>> from the tar there is the quickest and also safest way - no need to
>>>>>> fiddle around with any path.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here I strongly disagree. By doing this, you have no control over the
>>>>> information from the previous builds that is in the cmake cache.
>>>>> Therefore it is never sure whether such a build is reproducible (e.g. if
>>>>> you re-used the directory to build from git again).
>>>> 
>>>> I don't understand. It is up to me to decide which branch becomes
>>>> active. All other branches and their files are invisible for the
>>>> compiler and also for CMake. As I understood it CMake is only necessary
>>>> to tell the compiler where and in which order to take the files from. I
>>>> built this way now for about 2 years. Why do I need to take care of the
>>>> CMake cache? From where do you know that building from a git folder is
>>>> not reproducible? If that would be the case how can people work with git
>>>> in their jobs?
>>> 
>>> I also don't see a problem to build from a clean git repository.
>>> Only thing I would ensure is to "sit" on tagged release.
>> 
>> Sorry, I sent it too early…
>> 
>> I think there is some misunderstanding here. You're not talking of the
>> same use pattern of git.
>> 
>> I think it should go like this:
>> 
>> The git-repository checkout is the source directory.
>> The build directory should always be outside the source directory.
>> A clean build starts with removing the build directory completely.
> 
> Sure, the git tree should not be touched, and the build should be in an
> build directory; I never tough some does in-source builds.

Touching the git tree was the start of the discussion. See above.

Stephan

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