[LLVMdev] LLD Standalone CMake build

[Chandler Carruth]

On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Sean Silva <chisophugis at gmail.com> wrote:

> It adds complexity and cost to everyone who has to touch the build system.
>>
>> Note that even if you're willing to "maintain" the standalone build, that
>> doesn't *really* fix the problem. Lots of folks will need to make changes
>> to the build system, and these types of different supported usage scenarios
>> make these much harder to think about, enact, and test.
>>
>> Having to build and test and install using 3 or 4 different combinations
>> of standalone and not standalone is a complete nightmare. I'm pretty
>> strongly opposed to more standalone build support unless developers on the
>> project have really serious problems with IDE scaling.
>>
>
> I doubt IDE scaling would be an issue in this particular scenario. LLD is
> so small relative to LLVM that it shouldn't cause a noticeable burden for
> the IDE.
>

I know, that's why I'm not in favor of a standalone build.
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