[Scons-dev] Cross-language support

Wed Jul 29 11:30:28 EDT 2015

Jason,

I'm not sure.  I remember that you were helping me look into the recursive
Install behavior.  Plus, possible parts incompatibility?

I haven't ran the tests on a windows box at all.  I don't expect anything
new, but it should be done before it ships :)

V/R,
William

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Jason Kenny <dragon512 at live.com> wrote:

>   Which MS toolchain on windows do we need tested? I can do a test run
> this afternoon.
>
> Jason
>
>  *From:* William Blevins <wblevins001 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 29, 2015 1:11 AM
> *To:* SCons developer list <scons-dev at scons.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Scons-dev] Cross-language support
>
>   Happy with it*
>
> Until the review is complete, and I can perhaps get a few more guinea pigs
> to try it out, it's hard to make a concrete projection. I have 3 items
> listed out that need to be given a thumbs up/down at a minimum:
>
> * Item #1 is still mostly outstanding.  I'm not sure how to address,
> please see the discussion Jason and I started a few weeks ago under the
> pull request comments.
>
> * Item #2 requires no changes (to my knowledge), but someone with more QT
> knowledge may say otherwise.
>
> * I may already have most of the patch for Item #3 (IE. no scanner for
> key) based on today's feedback.
>
> I also still need to request test runs on Windows, and for toolchains that
> I may not have installed or instructions to install them (EG. D).
>
> V/R,
> William
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 1:58 AM, William Blevins <wblevins001 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> As soon as we are happen with it :)
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 12:30 AM, Bill Deegan <bill at baddogconsulting.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>   O.k. let me push 2.3.5 with the visual studio 2015 stuff.
>>> Then we'll changed to 2.4 merge slots. stabilize. release.
>>> Then this code? (2.5?)
>>>
>>> -Bill
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 6:33 PM, Jason Kenny <dragon512 at live.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>   I have been using the slots drop for a while with Parts. I think it
>>>> is ready. It does have a notable improvement in speed and memory size. I
>>>> would before getting this out as officially earlier than later.
>>>>
>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>>  *From:* William Blevins <wblevins001 at gmail.com>
>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2015 8:31 PM
>>>> *To:* Dirk Bächle <dl9obn at darc.de> ; SCons developer list
>>>> <scons-dev at scons.org>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Scons-dev] Cross-language support
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Dirk Bächle <tshortik at gmx.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>
>>>>> sorry for chiming in so late.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 28.07.2015 23:44, Gary Oberbrunner wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, that's how we've done it in the past.  Sounds like doing it at
>>>>>> the same time as slots would be perfect.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Doing this in parallel with the "slots" change sounds good to me too.
>>>>> +1
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm not opposed to releasing in the same update as slots, but since the
>>>> cross language code reviews haven't been finished, I don't want to delay
>>>> slots since it is ready now.
>>>>
>>>> The pessimist in me as sees doing two major enhancements in the same
>>>> release as higher risk; I don't foresee any issues, but its worth the
>>>> thought if the release overhead isn't too bad.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Gary
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Bill Deegan <
>>>>>> bill at baddogconsulting.com <mailto:bill at baddogconsulting.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Gary,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     For such a change we should bump the second digit?
>>>>>>     2.4?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     I agree we should not turn down a change because it will cause
>>>>>> rebuilds where the past didn't as long as it is now more correct
>>>>>>     (which it should be with this change).
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, "forward" is the way to go. ;)
>>>>>
>>>>>     Also agree we should be verbose in our notification of the impacts
>>>>>> of the new change to avoid (as much as we can) "surprises".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I think (better: hope) we did a good enough job for the "slots" stuff
>>>>> on this. For the scanner changes, I see them more like a fix...so a single
>>>>> announcement should be sufficient?
>>>>>
>>>>> Finally, and just in case I haven't done so already, I'd like to thank
>>>>> William for all the work he's done on this issue. I couldn't help as much
>>>>> as I would've liked, but with Gary's support you tackled this down and
>>>>> brought it to a good end. Kudos to you...bravo!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Truly appreciated.  I have spent a lot of time on this issue despite
>>>> what one might expect from the number of lines of code.
>>>>
>>>> It was honestly my first time working in a "real" python environment
>>>> outside of scripting, and the SCons code base is rather complex.  It
>>>> instills me greater appreciation for the work that has already done.
>>>>
>>>> I also want to thank everyone here for their help past and future, but
>>>> don't pat me on the back until its done. I might get lazy :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dirk
>>>>>
>>>>>
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