Dependency loops considered harmful?

Matthew Woehlke mw_triad at users.sourceforge.net
Thu Sep 4 20:55:53 UTC 2008


Callum Lerwick wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 22:05 +0300, Vasile Gaburici wrote:
>> The problem with using rpm to install software you develop is that you
>> need to do a *full build* every time whenever you change something.
>> Even with a caching compiler, that can take a long time. Think Qt for
>> instance.
> 
> This is going off on an unproductive tangent. No, I'm not saying use RPM
> packaging during your edit-compile-test loop. You do it for longer term
> testing and deployment.

I don't consider it an unproductive tangent. I would actually *love* to 
be able to use rpm in the development process, but currently the 
problems with doing so make it impractical.

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Matthew
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