Re: [cdt-dev] debug - active build configuration changes during launch

[Elena Laskavaia <elaskavaia@xxxxxxx>]

Please describe how do you propose fixing it for 5.0.2?

Ken Ryall wrote:
> Elena,
>
> I worked on this originally and I agree that it needs to be improved to
> handle the problems and use cases you mentioned. Please don't remove it.
> I'll work on some short term improvements for 5.0.2 and more for 6.0.
>
> - Ken
>
> > From: ext Elena Laskavaia <elaskavaia@xxxxxxx>
> > Organization: QNX
> > Reply-To: "CDT General developers list." <cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:48:34 -0400
> > To: "CDT General developers list." <cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [cdt-dev] debug - active build configuration changes during launch
> >
> > Regarding
> > https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=229740
> >
> > We have a "feature" that launch config remembers first active launch
> > configuration for managed projects and when
> > it launches (if build when launch enabled) it is setting it to active and then
> > builds.
> >
> > This is really bad, because
> > a) It does not restore active build config that was set by user, meaning my
> > active config magically changes for unknown reason (I know why now...)
> > b) If user changes project in launch config this magical build config does not
> > change, so if you lucky you have same launch config in this another project
> > and
> > it will build, if not you get an NPE (bug236847 which is fixed on trunk by
> > somebody)
> > c) If user deletes related config same NPE
> > d) There is no user setting that allow to change or even view config
> > associated with the launch
> > e) additionally if project is not managed project or not intent to be re-build
> > when launching there is no way to specify it
> >
> > I will remove this functionality in 5.0.2 (i.e. setting active config to
> > "launch" related build config when building, it will build user selected
> > active config).
> > any objections?
> >
> > For 6.0 we should implement proper fix:
> > - support from UI
> > - support when build config is deleted
> > - support if different project is selected
> > - support for "none" as build config - that allow not to build project for
> > this launch
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