On 08/22/2012 12:29 PM, Gregory Szorc wrote:
Switching to something else also has another advantage: the opportunity for a clean slate. I'm hoping we'll use the opportunity to scrape away 10+ years of cruft.
I support the sentiment, though this reasoning always makes me cautious, as it often translates to (unintentionally) eliminating the old system (cruft + accrued knowledge), replacing with a new system that initially feels clean but once all the features have added and it needs to be extended is just different cruft, and cruft that is no longer standard.
Don't get me wrong: I don't think you would do this and I am very grateful to see you tackle making the build system better. I just wanted to point out to the list that this is a "WARNING! Big change! Proceed with caution!" scenario.
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