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Issue 572 Bug#457656: Ignore boring auto-generated waf metadata

Title Bug#457656: Ignore boring auto-generated waf metadata
Priority feature Status resolved
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Superseder Nosy List darcs-devel, dmitry.kurochkin, kowey, markstos, thorkilnaur, tommy, trentbuck
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Created on 2007-12-27.14:10:44 by daveroundy, last changed 2009-08-27.14:07:51 by admin.

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msg2291 (view) Author: daveroundy Date: 2007-12-27.14:10:43
wishlist bug from debian tracker

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 24, 2007 5:11 AM
Subject: Bug#457656: Ignore boring auto-generated waf metadata
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Package: darcs
Version: 2.0.0~pre2-1
Severity: wishlist

waf is a build tool analogous to scons or make.

    http://code.google.com/p/waf

Commands like "./waf configure" generate ignorable metadata in
predictable locations that are unlikely to be used for non-ignorable
files.  I suggest extending the default ignore list with these
entries:

    (^|/)\.waf-[[:digit:].]+-[[:digit:]]+($|/)
    (^|/)\.lock-wscript$

Unfortunately, there are also ignorable metadata placed in an
unpredicatable location based on the --blddir switch and/or the blddir
setting in ./wscript (waf's equivalent of ./GNUmakefile).  Because the
location is unpredictable they cannot be added to the default
boringfile list.  This build directory seems to contain files with the
predictable names _cache_/, .wafpickle and .wscript-trybuild, so it
may be useful to
ignore these by default also.

PS: I have been studying waf for only a few hours, so it is possible
that waf creates other metadata that can be ignored by default.
msg3069 (view) Author: markstos Date: 2008-02-03.03:20:54
Thanks for the report, Trent. 

I've sent a patch to add these now.
History
Date User Action Args
2007-12-27 14:10:44daveroundycreate
2008-02-03 03:20:55markstossetstatus: unread -> resolved-in-unstable
nosy: + markstos
messages: + msg3069
2008-09-04 21:31:44adminsetstatus: resolved-in-unstable -> resolved
nosy: + dagit
2008-09-28 20:49:39adminsetnosy: + simon, thorkilnaur, - daveroundy
2009-08-06 17:41:01adminsetnosy: + jast, Serware, dmitry.kurochkin, darcs-devel, zooko, mornfall, - droundy, trentbuck
2009-08-06 20:38:16adminsetnosy: - beschmi
2009-08-10 22:10:07adminsetnosy: + trentbuck, - darcs-devel, zooko, jast, Serware, mornfall
2009-08-11 00:04:06adminsetnosy: - dagit
2009-08-25 17:26:16adminsetnosy: + darcs-devel, - simon
2009-08-27 14:07:51adminsetnosy: tommy, kowey, markstos, darcs-devel, trentbuck, thorkilnaur, dmitry.kurochkin