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

[Ken Ryall <ken.ryall@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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