Attempt to get rid of phobos Makefiles, using reggae

[Atila Neves via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 30 June 2015 at 01:07:33 UTC, Joakim wrote:
> On Monday, 29 June 2015 at 18:59:31 UTC, Atila Neves wrote:
>> On Monday, 29 June 2015 at 16:05:07 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>>> On Monday, 29 June 2015 at 10:35:34 UTC, Atila Neves wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Yes, those who want reggae can use it, and the makefile can 
>>> remain the default for now.  I can't wait to ditch the 
>>> makefiles.
>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>> You could probably use the auto-tester to test reggae: simply 
>>> add the reggae source to your PR, build it with a patched 
>>> makefile, and then use reggae to build druntime/phobos.  I've 
>>> used the auto-tester to test a couple PRs for various OSs 
>>> that I don't have, especially OS X.
>>
>> You mean make a posix.mak that actually calls reggae instead? 
>> Hmm... I guess that's doable. Otherwise I'd have to edit the 
>> script the auto-tester is using.
>
> Yes, submit a PR that adds the reggae source and modifies the 
> existing druntime or phobos posix.mak to build reggae, then 
> runs reggae to build druntime/phobos, using the linked reggae 
> file.  Once you're sure it all works, you can delete the reggae 
> source and the makefile modifications and simply submit the 
> single reggae file that you know works, because you just tested 
> it on the auto-tester.
>
>> I'm not sure that'd guarantee the same output though.
>
> If you follow the process above, I don't see why not.

Well, for instance my extra html files. If there's no explicit 
check (and there probably isn't) the auto-tester will be fine 
with it but the build isn't actually the same. Things... can 
happen. Maybe anything that doesn't break the auto-tester doesn't 
matter, it wouldn't be a crazy opinion to have.

Atila