Bug 57037

Summary: Ideally project generation would not have to happen at sync time.
Product: WebKit Reporter: David Levin <levin>
Component: Tools / TestsAssignee: Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX    
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P2    
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 55018    

Description David Levin 2011-03-24 10:52:16 PDT
0. Ideally one could use widely used tools to sync and build webkit. (This requirement is simply about making things simple and reliable.)
1. I would like to be able to switch branches in git and be able to build.
2. I would not like my sync time to increase dramatically. (Based on various measurements, gyp generation may add between 5% to 40% overhead to a sync -- although the gyp generation time is consistent, the sync time varies)
3. I have a concern that having gyp generation happen on a developers machine after sync'ing may not work due to a slightly different machine configuration or a badly tested change in the gyp generation tool, etc. 

Now there is a concern that one could do a gyp change and not check in the generated files but we could have a test that runs to verify that the checked in version matches the generated version.