Latest revision as of 01:49, 12 July 2012

Meeting Notes

We'll discuss what ordering makes sense here. Please add missing priorities as necessary.

faster builds is the goal, regardless of methods or end product
use gps' first 4 steps as basic priorities
- other projects (b2g, win8) will take priority over core cleanup work
derecursify makefiles - bug 623617
pymake as standard for Windows builds - bug 593585
single pass universal builds - bug 417044
PGO?
B2G?
WebRTC?
Fennec?
gittup
Test coverage for makefiles
- refactoring installer/packager.mk into central targets/logic that can be tested.
makefile syntax checker
- GNU indent can both check (~diff) and automatically reformat to taste.
Refactoring rules.mk (and packager.mk) into self-contained makefile libraries w/unit tests
- check/test, xpidl, LIB* logic, clean/garbage logic, java, platform specific logic, configure/autoconf, wildcard build rules, etc.
- Conditional includes based on sources, targets, etc. Only include/define the world as needed.

Part 1: No rules
Part 2: Eliminate Make File Content Not Related to Building
Part 3: Make File Style Conventions and Enforced Review Requirements
Part 4: Extracting Data from Make Files
Part 5: Rewriting Make Files
Part 6: Transition Away from Make Files
mwu: working on new build system
- fast: incremental builds as fast as ninja
- works on Windows, Mac, Linux
- based on tup: http://gittup.org/tup/
BuildFaster: compile times
- coop to sync-up with catlee
adding make tests where appropriate
- make verify
removing non-build targets from Makefiles
- stripping out, e.g. unittests, from Makefiles
- inertia: people use 'make unittests' now
- mach may save us here, implement scripts as python libs
refocus on pymake
- l10n repacks still broken
style vs. short-circuiting review process
- simple set of rules
automated tools for checking (gps has some)
monthly meeting?
todo: ted and gps to sit down and get bugs on file

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 * use gps' first 4 steps as basic priorities
 ** other projects (b2g, win8) will take priority over core cleanup work
-* derecursify makefiles - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=623617
+* derecursify makefiles - {{bug|623617}}
-* pymake as standard for Windows builds - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593585
+* pymake as standard for Windows builds - {{bug|593585}}
-* single pass universal builds - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=417044
+* single pass universal builds - {{bug|417044}}
 * PGO?
 * B2G?