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From: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Evaluating a new malloc()
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:10:37
Message-Id: CAEdQ38F_bD7vTNw3T5WouBCNEeLYo1azFsj7KEBrEnkmCOSqVw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Evaluating a new malloc() by Alec Warner
1 On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote:
2 > In terms of 'following Gentoo policy.' We encourage packages to be as
3 > close to upstream as possible. I cannot fathom why when you basically
4 > find a performance bug in malloc, you start a thread on the list about
5 > replacing it; as opposed to filing a bug against glibc or emailing the
6 > glibc lists and asking them about it.
7
8 We may not understand it, but it does completely fit ryao's typical
9 modus operandi.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Evaluating a new malloc() William Hubbs <williamh@g.o>