Re: [gentoo-amd64] First Impressions

[Dan Pasanen]

Ok, im not too sure about this, but i was wondering, i have dual core
turion64's should that affect if im running -O2 or -O3? currently im running
-O2.  and if i did change it to -O3, what, if anything should i recompile?

On 9/27/06, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss03@××××××××××.net> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 27 September 2006 19:56, Daniel Iliev <danny@××××××××.com>
> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-amd64] First Impressions':
> > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 27 September 2006 11:11, "Hemmann, Volker Armin"
> > > <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-amd64]
> > >
> > > First Impressions':
> > >> -O3 don't do it. O2 is much, much safer and not really slower. It
> > >> will prevent a lot of breakage.
> > > -O3 breaking just doesn't happen anymore.
> > > Also, some applications break with just -O2.
> > > Now, it is an open question whether -O3 is significantly faster than
> > > -O2.  My
> > > recommendation is -O3. :)
> > I've always used "-O3".
> > I think I've read somewhere in *.gentoo.org that It should be reported
> > if a "testing" version works fine so it could get in the stable tree
> > faster.
>
> Please only file a stabilization bug if (a) there are no open bug reports
> on the version you want stabilized (b) all dependencies of the that
> version can be satisfied with stable packages on the ARCH you want
> stabilized AND (c) at least 30 days have passed since the ebuild for that
> version has been modified.
>
> There has to be some time between an ebuild being available and it
> becoming
> stable to test on setups that aren't exactly like yours.  I know (some)
> people want things declared stable ASAP, but declaring a package stable
> doesn't make it so and there are (many, many) people that want stable
> Gentoo to actually be stable.  E.g. they do real work on the system. :P
>
> > Should this "replace-flags" stuff be reported when the package
> > compiles successfully with "-O3"?
>
> I fear you may find such bugs closed as WONTFIX/INVALID fairly quickly,
> especially if you started reporting en masse.  That said, if you have a
> compelling reason to use -O3 instead of what it is replaced with (not
> just "it works for me") for a specific package, I'd say file the bug, but
> be sure to include the reason(s) the replacement doesn't work for you.
>
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> it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest
> clue what's best for them in terms of package stability."
> -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh
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