Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 16:29:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@misha.privatelabs.com> To: eric@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: mi@aldan.algebra.com, knu@iDaemons.org, will@physics.purdue.edu, sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG, kris@obsecurity.org, kris@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: port policies Message-ID: <200105082029.f48KTtC38076@misha.privatelabs.com> In-Reply-To: <20010508122714.B48723@FreeBSD.org>
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On 8 May, Eric Melville wrote: >> All/most optimizations are done to work better in the _average_ case, >> while still working acceptably in the worst cases. It remains my >> believe, that -j2 on a single-CPU machine will _always_ work, and >> on _average_ will work better. I'll be interested in seeing a >> counter-example, but I must ask for NOT mentioning Redmond in any >> rebbutals. Note, that simply working slower with -j2 does not >> qualify. > > Don't do things that the user didn't ask to be done. > > If the user wants more excitment, we provide facilities that make it > easy to do so. The user did not ask for ``-O -pipe'' in the CFLAGS either. -pipe, consumes more memory, while -O makes compiling longer. Should the default CFLAGS be empty too? By your logic, they should... -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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