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([2001:b07:6468:f312:1cc0:4e4e:f1a9:1745]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n8sm4465991wra.32.2020.08.21.07.59.55 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 21 Aug 2020 07:59:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: build system conversion to Meson has landed To: Laszlo Ersek , Peter Maydell , QEMU Developers References: From: Paolo Bonzini Message-ID: <74116413-bd9d-b1a3-2364-26b7dcc7f105@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:59:54 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=pbonzini@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0.001 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=63.128.21.124; envelope-from=pbonzini@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/08/21 02:43:55 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -40 X-Spam_score: -4.1 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-1, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=-1, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On 21/08/20 16:50, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > On 08/21/20 15:49, Peter Maydell wrote: > >> https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/Meson/Next has a summary of changes >> and is worth a quick scan through. > > I'd like to propose a wording clarification: > > """ > For bisection: incremental builds work fine in the forward direction. > They probably don't work at all backwards. This is mitigated by the fact > that bisection usually starts at a release, and the patches should be > applied on top of the 5.1.0 tag. > """ > > namely: > > - s/forward direction/forward direction, across the conversion/ > - s/backwards/backwards, across the conversion/ > > Because the way the paragraph is worded now, it suggests that *any* > individual bisection step that moves backwards in the git history will > not build. That would be of course catastrophic. We should clarify that > the symptom is limited to steps that straddle the conversion commit range. > > If the suggested replacements are OK, I can make the edit myself (if > that's preferred). > > (Not trying to be a busybody -- exactly because I contribute little to > QEMU, bisection is a comparatively large part of what I *do* do with QEMU.) That's fine! I made a small adjustment and you're free to improve further on the wording. Paolo