From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 18 17:48:53 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04241106566C; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:48:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gabor@FreeBSD.org) Received: from server.mypc.hu (server.mypc.hu [87.229.73.95]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0FEF8FC20; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:48:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.mypc.hu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.mypc.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E752114DC6E9; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:48:51 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at server.mypc.hu Received: from server.mypc.hu ([127.0.0.1]) by server.mypc.hu (server.mypc.hu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id TI7-q8h0iLwR; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:48:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.105] (catv-80-99-92-167.catv.broadband.hu [80.99.92.167]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by server.mypc.hu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9B96A14DC6E8; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:48:49 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4C6C1CFE.6060900@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:48:46 +0200 From: Gabor Kovesdan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; pt-PT; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100802 Thunderbird/3.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug Barton References: <4C6505A4.9060203@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4C6505A4.9060203@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: core@FreeBSD.org, Dimitry Andric , delphij@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Official request: Please make GNU grep the default X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:48:53 -0000 Em 2010.08.13. 10:43, Doug Barton escreveu: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Gabor, > > I hope at this point it goes without saying that I have a lot of respect > for the work you've done on BSD grep, and I've already told you that I > think you're very courageous for taking the project on. I've been > testing and evaluating it for some time now, and I think I've given it a > fair trial. You've done a fairly good job of responding to bug reports, > and I understand that the exposure BSD grep has received as the default > in HEAD has been very valuable in exposing additional areas that need > work. However, with all that in mind I am officially asking you to > please change the default in HEAD to GNU grep. (Note, I am _not_ asking > you to remove BSD grep from the tree, just to change the default.) > > My reason is simple, performance. [...] I've just committed a patch with the kind help of Dimitry Andric, which gives BSD grep a huge performance boost. The performance is now almost comparable to GNU grep. I think with this, BSD grep may remain default if no other serious issues come up. Please report if you notice something weird. I know about some minor issues, which aren't fixed yet. I'll be out for 4 days as of tomorrow but when I come back I'll take care of these: - Infinite loop when reading directory on ZFS/NFS filesystem - Problems with context grepping When reply, please remove core@ from CC, let's not bother them with this, I just wanted to let them know that I'm not neglecting this issue but if still demanded for a good reason, I'll switch back to default GNU grep. Gabor