[ros-dev] RE: [ros-svn] [ion] 19196: - Add new configuration option "SARCH" todefine the sub-architecture. Examples include i386-xbox, ppc-be/le (little/bigendian), or any other sub-types of the specified ARCH.

[Thomas Weidenmueller]

Alex Ionescu wrote:
> That day will come one day or another.

How many so totally incompatible subarchitectures are there? I liked the
way we did it before, not having to have to build multiple versions for
similar architectures.

> More then "few", and it wasn't only for Freeloader. I am a man of
> vision; I thought of this and its long-term effects. I'm sure they'll
> become apparent in a year or two when we start supporting other
> architectures and sub-architectures.

I wouldn't consider the xbox as a subarchitecture, detecting it on the
fly imo is much better than having to build separate binaries. They're
not totally incompatible. Although the idea of subarchitectures is a
good one, i'd really just use it for "real" subarchitectures.

Just my two cents...

- Thomas