[llvm-commits] [llvm] r88979 - /llvm/trunk/Makefile

[Óscar Fuentes]

Duncan Sands <baldrick at free.fr> writes:

>> Don't  build  examples  by  default, use  BUILD_EXAMPLES=1  to  build
>> them. The only  utility of this is testing that  we keep the examples
>> up to date, I will just make the buildbots run with this flag.
>
> is this really a good idea?  If someone breaks an example, wouldn't it
> be better for them to discover that directly themselves rather than
> via a buildbot?  And what about newcomers who want to build examples -
> aren't they going to have a hard time working out how to build the
> examples?

FWIW, I agree with Duncan.

The defaults should be newbie-friendly.

-- 
Óscar