Re: potential (long-winded but on-topic) suggestion to improve (great) citation for jobserver protocol

danny mcClanahan wrote:
> Hello bug-make!
> 
> I have another open-ended question I will put into a separate email, but I want
> to first note: I was happily surprised to see cargo actually cite "GNU make" for
> the jobserver protocol:
> https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/build-scripts.html#jobserver, which
> links to the truly astounding design document at
> https://make.mad-scientist.net/papers/jobserver-implementation/.
> 
> I think if cargo is going to link to that page as advice for their users, it
> might be useful to extend that in-depth design discussion with
> the "how to write against this in 2XYZ" that
> https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Job-Slots.html provides--the
> windows jobserver subpage in particular might be useful for their target
> audience, who might also then learn to question phrasing like:
>> developed for GNU make,
> 
> when "by" GNU make, "for" gcc would be my understanding...

No, there is no interaction with gcc at all. The text is accurate, I invented the
jobserver *for* Gnu Make.

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