Re: GOP-PROP 5: build system output (update)

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Graham Percival" <address@hidden>

> > >>I think there should be an option to turn it all back on if you want
> > >>- a sort of inverse of QUIET_BUILD.  We should also get rid of the
> > >>QUIET_BUILD variable completely.
> > >
> > >Agreed.  Maybe using the V=1 thing that Jan was talking about?
> >
> > That sort of thing.  I'd propose a variable called VERBOSE that
> > would have to be set to get the output on screen.
>
> I think we should use whatever variable is normally used for this
> task.  That may well be VERBOSE, but if it's something else, I
> think we should use that something else.  Or maybe it's normally
> done with either VERBOSE or V ?


I'd be happy with anyone to say what is standard.  LilyPond 
uses -V/--verbose.  Make uses -d/-debug.  That said, it wouldn't be a 
command line switch in this case - it would be a variable definition.

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Phil Holmes