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[Vincent Ladeuil <v.ladeuil+lp@xxxxxxx>]

>>>>> Gordon Tyler <gordon@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

    > On 11/8/2010 2:16 AM, Vincent Ladeuil wrote:
    >>>>>>> Gordon Tyler <gordon@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
    >> > So I would suggest doing `./build.py clean` when first setting up for
    >> > releasing a new version and then `./build.py` to do builds while
    >> > tweaking the config.
    >> 
    >> Doest it mean qt will be fully recompiled doing so ? The 10.5 host is an
    >> underpowered laptopn, avoiding this particular step is welcome :)

    > Yes, it completely cleans the build output directory so that everything
    > is compiled from scratch.

    > Recompiling pyqt and sip is a pain, I agree, even on my MacBook Pro.

    > It would be nice to restrict clean to specific plugins or packages. It
    > should be pretty easy.

I've filed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr-mac-installers/+bug/672928 for that.

    > Alternatively, pyqt and sip could be treated specially and their
    > compiled form would only be cleaned by a special command to be used when
    > the version changes (which unfortunately is pretty often due to
    > RiverBank's stupid policy of not retaining old versions on their
    > download site).

May be we can do that ourselves then ?

I'm not fully clear about that, but ISTM that we should keep every
download needed for the various build environments *somewhere*, may be on
babune...

    Vincent