Re: Looking into LLVM

[Rahul Sundaram <sundaram fedoraproject org>]

On 10/26/2009 08:39 PM, Peter Jones wrote:

> This is just myopia, though.  In isolation, yes, faster builds are nice.  But
> if the faster builds result in poorer quality, then no, they're not a benefit.

Sure. Nobody claimed otherwise.

>> We don't know the cost unless we try. Doing a scratch build
>> similar to the FTFBS rebuilds is definitely worth trying IMO. Arguing
>> that we should never try at all doesn't seem appealing to me.
> 
> Go ahead and set that up.  Report the result back to us.

I was asking if anybody has already tried that. Don't understand the
argument against it yet.

Rahul