By: Foo_ (foo.delete@this.nomail.com), August 12, 2019 10:02 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
aaron spink (aaronspink.delete@this.notearthlink.net) on August 12, 2019 9:45 am wrote:
> Adrian (a.delete@this.acm.org) on August 11, 2019 5:41 am wrote:
> > I suppose that there are more software developers than that and
> > program compilation scales very well with the number of cores.
> >
> Program compilation scales even better if you don't do it on your client. Its shocking that we're still
> doing that considering the technology to get off it is now almost 20+ years old. Versioning and caching
> build systems are just so much better. Vesioned build systems with caching is what should be used. The
> only time someone should ever be doing a local build is if they are trapped on a desert island.
I don't think there are many open source projects out there providing server farms for contributors.
I also don't think there's an easily available off-the-shelf solution that automates that, though I could be mistaken.
> Adrian (a.delete@this.acm.org) on August 11, 2019 5:41 am wrote:
> > I suppose that there are more software developers than that and
> > program compilation scales very well with the number of cores.
> >
> Program compilation scales even better if you don't do it on your client. Its shocking that we're still
> doing that considering the technology to get off it is now almost 20+ years old. Versioning and caching
> build systems are just so much better. Vesioned build systems with caching is what should be used. The
> only time someone should ever be doing a local build is if they are trapped on a desert island.
I don't think there are many open source projects out there providing server farms for contributors.
I also don't think there's an easily available off-the-shelf solution that automates that, though I could be mistaken.