[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Rebuild slow.

[David Huebel <davidhuebel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Whatmore wrote:

> Good afternoon,
> 
> We are working with a WTP project (RichFaces in particular) and are
> starting to notice that the rebuild process is taking longer and longer.
> Expected as the application grows in size, but too the point where this
> can be considered an inordinate amount of time, say 20 mins.
> 
> Is there anything in the app rebuild process that could be causing this,
> or has anyone else experienced this type of pain.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Whatty

This isn't a direct answer to your question, but if you have been adding 
large third-party libraries to your project, it might be relevant.  I use
several large third-party jars that I wrap in plugins.  The first time I
set up the plugins, I extracted the classes into the plugin projects.  The
second time, I left the jars intact.  This reduced the typical time
required to "export an Eclipse product" by at least half.  I was very
surprised, because I assumed that plugins that did not change between
product exports would not contribute much to the build time.  (On the other
hand, my own code is quite small compared to the enormous libraries I have
to use.)

-David