Re: [platform-debug-dev] Launching with background build

[John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure if the combination of "autobuild
on", and "don't build before launch" has much meaning. I
can't think of a scenario where a user would want this combination of preferences,
so it's hard to say what the right behaviour is. In scenarios where the
build state is completely irrelevant to the launch, then I suppose they
will never want to wait for the build, even if it is blocked.
--

Jared Burns <jaredburns@xxxxxxx> Sent by: platform-debug-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx 09/17/2003 11:29 AM Please respond to platform-debug-dev

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I should have replied to John's email instead of yours.
I was thinking of his 
psuedocode where you see if a build job exists and either join to it or
prompt and wait. That code applies even if the user has the "build
before 
launch" option turned off. I'm just saying we should prompt in either
branch 
of this psuedocode:

Job[] build = 
Platform.getJobManager().find(ResourcesPlugin.FAMILY_AUTO_BUILD);
if (build.length == 1) {
   if (build[0].getState() == Job.WAITING) {
       //auto-build is blocked by another process, so ask
the user if they 
want to launch or wait
   } else if (build[0].getState() == Job.RUNNING) {
       //auto-build is running, so join it to wait until
it completes
      build[0].join();
   }
}

- Jared

On Wednesday 17 September 2003 06:35 am, Darin Wright wrote:
> I disagree... If the user has a preference set to "build before
launch",
> then they expect wait as the build completes. Only if the build has
to be
> delayed for a unknown amount of time, is the wait unexpected. I don't
> think we want to pop up a dialog each time they launch saying "do
you want
> to wait for a build?". The answer is,"yes - I checked the
preference to do
> this".
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