[weston, v2, 17/17] configure: add an option to allow building only the libraries

[Giulio Camuffo]

2015-05-09 3:15 GMT+03:00 Bryce Harrington <bryce at osg.samsung.com>:
> On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 11:01:23PM +0200, Giulio Camuffo wrote:
>> the --enable/disable-weston-binaries emable or disable the creation
>> of the 'weston', 'weston-launch' and all the binaries that are
>> installed in $prefix/lib/libexec. This allows, together with
>> --enable-clients, to only build the libraries, making possible to
>> build and install different libweston versions at the same time.
>
> Prior to 1.7 there was uncertainty whether to have a libweston.  Since
> then, the uncertainty has gone away and it sounds like we're now all
> more or less in consensus favoring this change?
>
> However, this patchset hasn't yet landed, and there's still some
> questions about specifics.
>
> Should we press ahead with an eye towards getting this landed for 1.8?
> Or should we postpone and target landing it as soon as the 1.9 tree
> opens?

I don't think it'd make sense to push it into 1.8 now, it is a rather
big change and may introduce regressions. 1.9 seems a better idea
imho.

>
> Bryce