Re: directories to check?

[Torsten Mohr]

Hi,

> The following isn't exactly what you're looking for, but have you
> considered breaking apart the project?  For example, are there portions
> that are much more stable than others?  Could these be released as separate
> projects that are used by the one you're working on?  If so, it would save
> everyone from having to rebuild these parts (aka components).

that's a good hint, but it does not work for the actual project as
there are too many interdependencies to split the project into
components.

I still think this may be a good idea to speed things up:

> > Make could then first read all the hint-directory contents and
> > their timestamps and then use these informations as a "cache".
> >
> >
> > Would that be possible?
> >
> > Would that be an improvement?
> >
> > Is something like this maybe already available and i just haven't
> > yet seen it?

Is the effort to implement this big?  Is it a major architecture
change?


Best regards,
Torsten.