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Date:      Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:32:15 +0200
From:      Joel Dahl <joel@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com>
Cc:        Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org, Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org>, core@freebsd.org, delphij@freebsd.org, Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Official request: Please make GNU grep the default
Message-ID:  <20100814123215.GA1207@pluto.vnode.local>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinkJhh73c6HAhWRL94gvY9vw%2BbxVRZo3J1UT8Xz@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <4C6505A4.9060203@FreeBSD.org> <20100813085235.GA16268@freebsd.org> <AANLkTinkJhh73c6HAhWRL94gvY9vw%2BbxVRZo3J1UT8Xz@mail.gmail.com>

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On 14-08-2010  4:35, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote:
> >> BSD grep
> >> Elapsed time: 47 seconds
> >
> > what about optimizing BSD grep instead?
> 
> I think this is reasonable, leave BSD grep default for a few more weeks, and
> work on performance enhancements. I agree that changing the default back
> for a RELEASE is probably a good idea, but the exposure to wider testing
> while focusing on performance, can't hurt much can it?

I agree, keep bsdgrep as default for a while and focus on the performance
problems.  This is CURRENT after all, and 9.0 isn't anywhere near release
yet (afaik).

--
Joel



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