Re: [Automake-NG] [Automake-ng] [PATCH 0/4] Minor refactoring and cleanup for the dist-related targets

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 05/11/2012 08:53 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>> On 05/10/2012 09:38 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, you got it backwards: it's no measurable change for "make 
>>> all",
>>> a 7% slow down for "make dist", and a 50% slow down for "make distdir -n" 
>>> :-(
>>>
>> But then, with a more "realistic" biggish tree (that can be produced using 
>> the
>> attached script), I see the following timings:
>>
>>   $ make -n distdir           # 10 times
>>   pre-series:   43.2 seconds
>>   post-series:  44.1 seconds
>>
>>   $ make all                  # 30 times
>>   pre-series:   24.9 seconds
>>   post-series:  25.2 seconds
>>
>>   $ make distdir              # 3 times
>>   pre-series:   ~ 3 minutes
>>   post-series:  ~ 2 minutes 30 seconds
>>
>> So I say this patch is good to go.
> 
> I agree.
>
Glad to hear that.  I've now pushed the series.

> Thanks!
>
Thanks to you for your continuous feedback and encouragement.

Regards,
  Stefano