Re: Xcode 4.2.1
Re: Xcode 4.2.1
- Subject: Re: Xcode 4.2.1
- From: Jean-Daniel Dupas <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:57:29 +0100
Le 19 nov. 2011 à 03:14, Conrad Taylor a écrit :
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Nov 18, 2011, at 5:41 PM, Marco S Hyman <email@hidden> wrote:
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>>> So... was the 1.8 GB update for you a true upgrade (in the MAS sense) or
>>> did you too do a fresh install?
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>> Yes. I started App Store... from the Apple menu as I knew I had
>> another bit of software that needed an update. Surprise, surprise...
>> Xcode was on the update list, too. At 1.8 GB in download size.
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>> And for the other Conrad who replied... it's irrelevant that I'm
>> not forced to upgrade. The issue for me is that the way the code
>> is wrapped in an installer I'm forced to download the entire 1.8
>> GB package if I desire the update.
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>> 1.8 GB for a bug fix release is, IMHO, a bit excessive.
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> Xcode isn't simply a compiler with a nice GUI. It represents many components and tools that need to work together. Thus, if a fix is being applied to any component, then it needs to be recompiled and published as part of the overall Xcode build. This I learned from the WWDC. Thus, I really don't feel that this is excessive when overall functionality has greater importance.
That's why dynamic library where invented. Just recompile the framework that contains the updated code, and all you application benefit it without having to be updated. Seeing the count of Frameworks in Xcode, I doubt there is a lot of fix that require to recompile everything.
-- Jean-Daniel
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