Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 18:33:03 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WITHOUT_PROFILE=yes by default Message-ID: <CADLo83-iUszxSj-sMJ%2BcPiKCK%2B8aBJjWy=sLtDKNceVU3O_uDg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.OSX.1.10.1112020857250.91234@peregrin.orthanc.ca> References: <CADe0-4=DwzFj1NbJTeq3p92YGF_5yjhc-Yajn-hHNB_aca1k2g@mail.gmail.com> <20111202015133.GA4111@dragon.NUXI.org> <CADe0-4n2rXvoo4K%2BCHd-JBCHJ56OdTJTpzsF1r2X1yvcLt5CEA@mail.gmail.com> <20111202064132.GC88903@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4ED8776F.9060301@FreeBSD.org> <20111202072349.GA89183@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20111202083501.GA73959@dragon.NUXI.org> <CADe0-4nj=ZvfPrT=9=m9hQhsADn9--5VFoAxTncGasQQTZN=0g@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.OSX.1.10.1112020746330.91234@peregrin.orthanc.ca> <CAFMmRNxeP_AEQ11jLJ8NCZmEHyxoeg4Z%2Bb6zJbETC8-S7nqhrQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.OSX.1.10.1112020852270.91234@peregrin.orthanc.ca> <CADLo83-ERuprd%2B1GmHrzJqhN5yBokQP7ObswZ4rS0W79Q7nJng@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.OSX.1.10.1112020857250.91234@peregrin.orthanc.ca>
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On 2 Dec 2011 17:07, "Lyndon Nerenberg" <lyndon@orthanc.ca> wrote: >> >> Obsolete does not mean it doesn't work. > > > No, these days 'obsolete' seems to mean 'it does not have a sexy Flash-driven web GUI.' Straw man argument. This is irrelevant. > Profiling is a simple basic tool that makes it easy to quickly find code execution hot-spots. It's not dtrace, or any other plethora of tools that do a more extensive job of profiling. But it's also a tool that is universally available to developers. Or was ... Still is if you choose it. > If you don't like it, don't use it. But don't turn that into an excuse to remove the functionality from the rest of us. Straw man argument. Nothing has been removed. > If you really think profiling is truly useless in this day and age, the proposal should be to eradicate it from the system entirely. Isn't this about user choice, and making sensible defaults? No-one is removing anything. Please stick to facts. Chris
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