<p>On May 31, 2011 3:18 PM, "Stuart Morgan" <<a href="mailto:stuart@tase.co.uk">stuart@tase.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> I suspect you haven't got ccache installed? Re-compiling can take as little as<br>
> a few seconds for a small change, to a couple of minutes for something larger.</p>
<p>Oh, of course I use ccache. Even distcc.</p>
<p>When iterating experimentally, though, the seconds compound, even if it's just one's own time simply launching the build again. Which is annoying when just bisecting for an optimal parameter.</p>
<p>That said, I've spoken my piece on the topic, and so I'll just remain in polite disagreement with what I'm hearing the leadership say clearly is firm policy.</p>
<p>(The fact alone that Mr Dean has so many references readily at hand to defend the position would in itself seem to indicate deep and firm commitment to it, if nothing else. Which I can certainly respect, even in disagreement.)</p>
<p>After all, of course, one can always make things as configurable as one likes in a private patch set. :)</p>
<p>Thanks again, everyone.</p>
<p>Eric<br>
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