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Fix spelling and grammar errors in build-system-overview.md.
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Cheng Zhao 2015-04-11 13:49:47 +08:00
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## Component build ## Component build
Since Chromium is a quite large project, the final linking stage would take Since Chromium is quite a large project, the final linking stage would take
quite a few minutes, making it hard for development. In order to solve this, quite a few minutes, making it hard for development. In order to solve this,
Chromium introduces the "component build", which builds each component as a Chromium introduced the "component build", which builds each component as a
separate shared library, so linking can be very quick, in sacrifice of file size separate shared library, making linking very quick but sacrificing file size
and performance. and performance.
In Atom Shell we took a very similar approach: for `Debug` build, the binary In Atom Shell we took a very similar approach: for `Debug` builds, the binary
will be linked to shared library version of Chromium's components to achieve will be linked to shared library version of Chromium's components to achieve
fast linking time; for `Release` build, the binary will be linked to the static fast linking time; for `Release` builds, the binary will be linked to the static
library versions, so we can have best binary size and performance. library versions, so we can have the best possible binary size and performance.
## Minimal bootstrapping ## Minimal bootstrapping
All the Chromium's prebuilt binaries are downloaded when running the bootstrap All of Chromium's prebuilt binaries are downloaded when running the bootstrap
script, by default both static libraries and shared libraries will be script. By default both static libraries and shared libraries will be
downloaded, and the final size is between 800MB to 2GB according to the downloaded and the final size should be between 800MB and 2GB according to the
platform. platform.
If you only want to build Atom Shell quickly for testing or development, you If you only want to build Atom Shell quickly for testing or development, you
can only download the shared library versions by passing the `--dev` parameter: can only download the shared library versions by passing the `--dev` parameter:
```bash ```bash
$ ./script/boostrap.by --dev $ ./script/bootstrap.py --dev
$ ./script/build.by -c D $ ./script/build.py -c D
``` ```
## Two-phrase project generation ## Two-phrase project generation