compiling confusion (task cycles)

[Mark Polesky]

One thing that would clear up a lot of confusion for me is a
collection of concise "cycles" for different development
tasks.  Something like this, but correct my mistakes,
because I'm confused:

Documentation editor's edit/compile cycle:
  Initial:
    make
    make doc
  Cycle:
    [edit source files]
    make    <-- is this needed?
    make doc
  Reset:
    make doc-clean

Developer's edit/install cycle:
  Initial:
    make
    make install
  Cycle:
    [edit source files]
    make    <-- is this needed?
    make install
  Reset:
    make uninstall

Developer's edit/test cycle:
  Initial:
    make
    make test-baseline
    [edit source files]
    make
    make check
  Cycle:
    [edit source files]
    make
    make test-redo
    make test-clean   <-- really? (from CG 3.1.5)
    make check
  Reset:
    ??

Also, are there any other common task cycles to mention?

This would be really helpful!

Thanks.
- Mark