Re: [GD-General] IncrediBuild

[Noel L. <ll...@co...>]

On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 07:17:18 -0800
"Grills, Jeff" <jg...@so...> wrote:

> I think, if we had less programmers on the team and could make sure they
> were more diligent reducing compile time dependencies, that it might not be
> as beneficial.  But we're not in that situation, and the package is crucial
> to improving programmer workflow.

Having lots of compile-time dependencies is usually a much bigger
problem than long compile times. Long compile times are just one of the
manifestations of a deeper problem with how the program is architected.

Ignoring the problem just because compile times are more bearable now
does not seem like a good long-term solution, especially not with the
code for a long-lived game like a MMORPG. The refactoring and maintenance
 costs you'll be paying in the long term will probably dwarf any extra
time spent now making sure all programmers are minimizing dependencies.

Then again, that's a lot easier said than done from this side of the
keyboard ;-)


--Noel
ll...@co...