835035 - Add build_and_deploy?

Status: NEW

(Firefox Build System :: Mach Core, enhancement)

Description

[:Ms2ger (he/him; ⌚ UTC+1/+2)]

Apparently we've got a "helper target for mobile" in client.mk that's just

build_and_deploy: build fast-package install

Might be worth adding this.

Comment 1

[Paul Adenot (:padenot)]

So, I wanted to do this, but I suck at python.

It would be quite cool to be able to do, say:

>  ./mach build directory another/directory toolkit/library package install

where build, package and install are commands, and the other arguments are directories.

Comment 2

[Gregory Szorc [:gps]]

I think adding intelligent targets to the |build| command is a great idea. However, I think that would be covered by bug 677452.

Generic chaining of commands is going to be difficult to implement properly. I suggest we implement higher-level commands on top of lower-level ones. I /think/ it's possible for mach commands to invoke other mach commands now. Although, it could probably use a more formal API.

Comment 3

[(not currently active) Ted Mielczarek]

I'm doing some hacking on mobile right now and the build cycle sucks. It's "build, package, install", and they all take a while. Aping the "build_and_deploy" target for right now would be an improvement.