Re: [Libreoffice] Platform-specific OUTPATH variables

On Aug 30, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Eike Rathke wrote:
> On Tuesday, 2011-08-30 14:59:23 +0200, Stephan Bergmann wrote:
> > > > > Can't we at least get rid of the '350' subdirectory ? 
> > > >
> > > > Yes please.
> > >
> > > The 350 should be 340 (isn't it?) for 3-4 branches, so different output
> > > hierarchies when switching branches is nice to have in order to not
> > > spoil already existing outputs.
> >
> > Maybe, once a build only generates output in that single directory.  Until then, the point is 
> > rather moot, IMO.
>
> True, but instead of getting rid of solver/350 I'd rather introduce
> a module/$INPATH/350 ... on the other hand, having two cloned repos and
> build trees for different branches is a better approach. Just was
> thinking in terms of disk space, maybe a moot argument these days.

I'm very much in favor of separate source and build trees (so IMO the move from per-module output 
trees to a single workdir is a move in the right direction); that way to different builds can share 
a single source repo easily.

-Stephan