#15840: Add buildtools as a git module to the haiku repository
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Reporter: miqlas | Owner: bonefish
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Build System | Version: R1/Development
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Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by pulkomandy):
Why are submodules "wasteful" please?
Remember that this is a submodule we would very rarely update (buildtools
does not get a lot of activity), and you would still get the same "waste"
from doing it in configure (everytime you switch to a branch with
different version of buildtools, it would re-checkout and rebuild the
buildtools).
We can go with a minimalistic approach here, just have the submodule and
tell people to use submodule update --init and then run configure pointing
to that directory. If you don't want to use it, just don't init the
submodule and checkout your buildtools separately, you know what you're
doing, no problem. The submodule can be entirely ignored if you don't want
to use it.
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/15840#comment:7>
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