bug#13524: [PATCH 1/2] preproc: add support for relative names in included fragments

2013-02-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 02/14/2013 08:10 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> >>> A substantial blocker for converting large packages to non-recursive >>> builds will be eliminated. Considerable time and electricity will >>> be saved. >> >> By chance, do you plan to start using

bug#13524: [PATCH 1/2] preproc: add support for relative names in included fragments

2013-02-14 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Stefano Lattarini wrote: A substantial blocker for converting large packages to non-recursive builds will be eliminated. Considerable time and electricity will be saved. By chance, do you plan to start using the feature in some package of yours, even before it lands in a

bug#13524: [PATCH 1/2] preproc: add support for relative names in included fragments

2013-02-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 02/14/2013 03:53 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > >> From: Peter Rosin >> >> The rationale for this change is that it is annoying to have >> to repeat the directory name when including a Makefile fragment. >> For deep directory structures these repea

bug#13524: [PATCH 1/2] preproc: add support for relative names in included fragments

2013-02-14 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Stefano Lattarini wrote: From: Peter Rosin The rationale for this change is that it is annoying to have to repeat the directory name when including a Makefile fragment. For deep directory structures these repeats can generate a lot of bloat. It also hinders reuse and easy

bug#13524: [PATCH 1/2] preproc: add support for relative names in included fragments

2013-02-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 02/14/2013 01:20 PM, Bert Wesarg wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > >> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS >> index 6dcce72..e27e0cf 100644 >> --- a/NEWS >> +++ b/NEWS >> @@ -100,6 +100,18 @@ New in 1.13.2: >> be longer necessary, so we deprecate it with run

bug#13524: [PATCH 1/2] preproc: add support for relative names in included fragments

2013-02-14 Thread Bert Wesarg
Hi, On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > From: Peter Rosin > > The rationale for this change is that it is annoying to have > to repeat the directory name when including a Makefile fragment. > For deep directory structures these repeats can generate a lot > of bloat. It

bug#13524: [PATCH 2/2] preproc: enhance and extend tests

2013-02-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* t/preproc-demo.sh: New test, a "demo" of how the new pre-processing feature could be used in a real-world package. * t/preproc-errmsg.sh: New test, check that error messages remain useful when the new pre-processing features are involved. * t/preproc-reldir.sh: Split up ... * t/preproc-basics.sh,

bug#13524: [PATCH 1/2] preproc: add support for relative names in included fragments

2013-02-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
From: Peter Rosin The rationale for this change is that it is annoying to have to repeat the directory name when including a Makefile fragment. For deep directory structures these repeats can generate a lot of bloat. It also hinders reuse and easy directory restructuring if all Makefile fragment

bug#13524: [PATCH 0/2] Improving user experience for non-recursive builds

2013-02-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 02/08/2013 01:31 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 02/08/2013 10:11 AM, Peter Rosin wrote: >> On 2013-02-08 09:45, Peter Rosin wrote: >>> Stefano Lattarini wrote: Fine as well. And of curse, if you want to speed thing up and have more control on the final result, feel free to shepherd