Custom build directory in GNOME Builder

As a WebKit developer, I want to use GNOME Builder to work on it. In WebKit, we have in-house scripts that expect binaries and libraries to be found in a specific location. Currently, Builder doesn’t allow specifying a custom build directory. I want to implement that. I came up with this prototype:


This is how similar settings look in XCode:

But before continuing, I’d like to get Builder developers’ opinion on that.

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Did you get a feedback elsewhere? On GitLab or Matrix?

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You can create an issue in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-builder/-/issues and take it from there. Discussions in GNOME discourse sometimes get missed by Builder developers.

That’s funny because I wanted to created an issue first but the default issue template says:

If you want to request a feature, please start a discussion with your idea over at Topics tagged builder.

And that’s what I did :grinning:

Done: Custom build directory in GNOME Builder (#2270) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-builder · GitLab

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Feature requests in any project need to go through some level of validation and community involvement, which happens in a forum like GNOME Discourse. This normally applies to features which could benefit from the inputs here. This also saves time for project maintainers who are already busy.

It might not apply to something which is straightforward though, as in your case.

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