From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: build system observations Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:03:08 -0400 Message-ID: References: <1C66F1FC-BF82-4365-944D-ADCC4D1F435C@gmail.com> <200808050513.m755Db39008109@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <56D8F202-EF53-439B-8EBB-11782EBCFE93@gmail.com> <200808061729.m76HT06A013042@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <2B6A2B11-2FF8-460C-9A69-B211E39473BB@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220627026 1906 80.91.229.12 (5 Sep 2008 15:03:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:03:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Dan Nicolaescu , emacs- devel To: Adrian Robert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 05 17:04:33 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KbcrK-0008Te-1x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:04:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51752 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KbcqK-0007c2-3B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:03:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KbcqE-0007a5-Oy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:03:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KbcqD-0007W3-0p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:03:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55569 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KbcqC-0007VE-NS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:03:16 -0400 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:50841) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kbcq9-00016P-RI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:03:15 -0400 Original-Received: from alfajor.home (vpn-132-204-232-160.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.160]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m85F39Xh017256; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:03:09 -0400 Original-Received: by alfajor.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id EB0A31C971; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:03:08 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <2B6A2B11-2FF8-460C-9A69-B211E39473BB@gmail.com> (Adrian Robert's message of "Wed, 6 Aug 2008 21:36:47 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3097=0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:103562 Archived-At: > substitution. Getting rid of the Makefile.c system should be an explicit > project, done all at once. It's an explicit goal. Maybe we'll finish it all at once at some point, but in the mean time, what it means is: don't add CPP directives, and when changing something, try to remove them. It can also be done gradually. Stefan