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On 19.08.2017 12:53, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> Dnia 19 sierpnia 2017 12:19:18 CEST, "Manuel Rüger" <mrueg@g.o> napisał(a): |
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>> On 17.08.2017 10:36, Michał Górny wrote: |
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>>> Hi, everyone. |
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>>> |
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>>> I've written a new tool called shadowman [1] that aims to partially |
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>>> replace the current *-config tools shipped with ccache, distcc, icecc |
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>>> and potentially more. |
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>>> |
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>>> Why? Because the existing tools are inconsistent, inconvenient |
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>>> and usually incomplete. The README [2] states a number of advantages: |
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>>> |
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>>> | 1. one usage syntax that works for all tools, |
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>>> | |
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>>> | 2. ability to update/clean masquerades for multiple tools in one |
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>> call, |
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>>> | 3. consistent (and *good*) implementation -- now all tools get the |
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>> same |
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>>> | executable list, |
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>>> | |
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>>> | 4. reduced code duplication, |
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>>> | |
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>>> | 5. modular layout that allows adding extra tools/compiler wildcards |
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>>> | by third-party packages. |
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>>> |
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>>> This thread includes patches that: |
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>>> |
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>>> a. add the package for shadowman (skipping some bundled modules for |
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>>> external inclusion) -- for testing it's just a live ebuild with full |
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>>> keyword set; I will obviously change that before the final inclusion; |
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>>> |
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>>> b. adds shadowman support to ccache, distcc & icecream packages |
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>>> (preserving the old utilities for compatibility), |
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>>> |
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>>> c. adds shadowman update call to toolchain.eclass & clang ebuilds |
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>>> so that the masquerades get updated automatically on gcc/clang |
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>> upgrade. |
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>>> Please review. Alternatively available as PR on GitHub [3]. |
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>>> |
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>>> [1]:https://github.com/mgorny/shadowman |
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>>> [2]:https://github.com/mgorny/shadowman/blob/master/README |
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>>> [3]:https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/5386 |
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>>> |
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>> Have you considered moving it under the gentoo umbrella (e.g., mirror |
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>> it |
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>> on git.gentoo.org or move it to the gentoo organisation)? |
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> No, I'm not interested in giving away credit to my personal work which I'm personally maintaining. |
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Why do you consider it to "give away credit" when it's under |
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github.org/gentoo/ or on git.gentoo.org? You'll still be author of the |
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commits. |
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>> Thanks, |
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>> Manuel |
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