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