.\" .\" aegis - project change supervisor .\" Copyright (C) 1998 Peter Miller; .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify .\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by .\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or .\" (at your option) any later version. .\" .\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, .\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of .\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the .\" GNU General Public License for more details. .\" .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License .\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software .\" Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA. .\" .\" MANIFEST: AUUGN Feb'98 Article .\" .nr PS 72 .nr VS 75000 .LP .ad c Does it Scale? .br .ad l .sp .nr PS 36 .nr VS 37 .XP \(bu Can make build the graph fast enough? .XP \(bu Can make stat the files fast enough? .XP \(bu Stuff that, can I get my work done? .bp .nr PS 24 .nr VS 25 .XP \(bu Fast enough for \fIwhat?\fP .XP \(bu The more build problems you find, and the earlier you find them, the better. Using VPATH, this happens in the developer's work area, not in the project repository build. .XP \(bu Some make implementations are \fIO(n\u2\d)\fP. This is bad; \fIO(n)\fP is possible. .XP \(bu As for previous ``My Little Bit'' foil, build less, and it takes less time.