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On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote: |
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> I see a *HUGE* reason. glibc ships with ptmalloc. If you think they |
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> should use jemalloc, talk to them. Don't just do it in Gentoo. |
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Certainly I think it would be far more productive to talk to the glibc |
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maintainers first. |
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However, nothing prevents anybody from creating a Gentoo package with |
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an alternative glibc implementation, patchset, whatever, assuming they |
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are willing to maintain it. It really is no different from having an |
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alternative udev implementation. Gentoo is about choice. |
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Now, whether it ever becomes the /default/ choice is another matter |
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entirely. Nobody can prevent people from experimenting - Gentoo |
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developers are permitted to waste their time if desired. :) |
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Rich |