[LLVMdev] RFC: I plan to remove the autoconf and Makefile build of LLD

[Rui Ueyama]

Sure. I sent a patch for review already, waiting for LGTM.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Iain Sandoe <iain at codesourcery.com> wrote:

> I fixed the immediate problem - please let me know when you are going to
> break my build so I can switch to maintaining it locally.
> thanks
> Iain
> ]
>
> On 13 Mar 2015, at 17:04, Rui Ueyama wrote:
>
> Looks like most developers prefer Makefile removal, and there's no
> push-back. Let's go ahead and remove them. I'll send a patch.
>
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 3:33 PM, Iain Sandoe <iain at codesourcery.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I have fixed the issue locally, but been out of the office - can apply
>> the fix - or just maintain the makefiles locally if no-one else really
>> wants them,
>>
>> fine with whatever the community decision is.
>> Iain
>>
>> On 11 Mar 2015, at 22:11, Rui Ueyama wrote:
>>
>> I'd agree, but the Makefiles were added just 9 months ago. I don't know
>> if there's a real need of any kind. Added Iain who added these files.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Chandler Carruth <chandlerc at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This time with the correct mailing list address... See below...
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Chandler Carruth <chandlerc at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why?
>>>>
>>>> 1) We're moving away from autoconf already today. We're hoping to drop
>>>> it completely soon.
>>>> 2) It doesn't work today and no one is complaining.
>>>> 3) It hasn't worked for weeks and no one has complained.
>>>>
>>>> Due to #2 and #3, I believe it is dead code. I can't even test my
>>>> changes to it because it doesn't work.
>>>>
>>>> I don't want to invest time fixing it if we're moving the other
>>>> direction.
>>>>
>>>> -Chandler
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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