Re: What Problem does BuildStream Resolve ?

[Jim MacArthur <jim macarthur codethink co uk>]

On 25/01/18 13:56, Paul Sherwood wrote:
> Hi Jim
> On 2018-01-25 13:11, Jim MacArthur wrote:
> > > - builds are affected/modified by dependencies/inputs/upstream changes
> >
> > Could you reword or expand on this last one? I'd expect
> > dependencies/inputs/upstream changes to affect the build.
>
> Yes - I'm referring to situations where dependencies/inputs/upstreams 
> are brought in to a build without any control on versioning/provenance 
> - for example when a build system expects to bring in dependencies 
> from the internet, which may have changed or even disappeared since 
> the last time.
>
> So maybe better wording would be:
>
> - builds are affected/modified by uncontrolled 
> dependencies/inputs/upstream changes
>
> Does that make sense?
>
> br
> Paul
Yes, that's clear me now. Thanks.