[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 127093] Change default setting of run-javascriptcore-tests not to build JSC by default

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127093





--- Comment #4 from Filip Pizlo <fpizlo at apple.com>  2014-01-16 12:36:45 PST ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> This script is ran most of the time on buildbots, in these cases there's no need to build JSC, as it is built right before running this script.
> When running these tests manually on a device (like dev boards where we only run tests, and we build with cross-compile), it's quite an annoyance to specify the --no-build option every time we do that.
> 
> It may be wise to change this behavior, to make the script build JSC only if the --build option is specified explicitly. This will cover those few cases when we want to run the build from this script.

For me, I always use run-javascriptcore-tests to build JSC and I never use build-jsc directly.  This change would be a huge annoyance for me.

I can also see this leading to problems if someone reruns tests after making changes but forgets to pass --build.  I don't like that prospect.

Since this appears to be an annoyance to one person no matter what the default is, I think the wisest thing to do is to not change anything.

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