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This directory contains the hashes of tar.gz files uploaded to cloud storage. |
Hooks in the DEPS files run "download_from_google_storage" to download these |
-tarfiles, and unpack them. These tar files contain a stable Dart SDK, which |
+tarfiles, and unpack them. These tar files contain a stable Dart SDK, which |
is used to build the observatory and to run the test scripts. |
The hooks use the --auto-platform feature, so that only the SDK for the |
-current platform (linux, macos, or windows) is downloaded. This requires |
+current platform (linux, macos, or windows) is downloaded. This requires |
the subdirectories to have the special names "linux", "win", and "mac", which |
the download script is hardcoded to recognize. |
The linux SDK has three extra dart executables added to the bin directory. |
'dart-mips', 'dart-arm', and 'dart-arm64' are executables compiled to run on |
-mips, arm, and arm64 (aarch64) processors, respectively. |
+mips, arm, and arm64 (aarch64) processors, respectively. We are currently |
+using the 32-bit ia32 build as the default on linux, windows, and macos. |
To upload new versions of these tar files, use the "upload_to_google_storage" |
tool in depot_tools, and download the new stable SDKs from the dartlang.org |
-web page. The mips and arm executables must be copied from the machines that |
-build them, and stripped. There should be no need to update these tar files |
-for every new stable version of Dart. |
+web page. The mips and arm executables must be copied from the machines that |
+build them, and stripped. Because these SDKs are used for the presubmit |
+dartfmt check on changed files, they may need to be updated often when |
+dartfmt is changing rapidly. |