Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 16:23:40 +0000 From: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Max Khon <fjoe@samodelkin.net> Subject: Re: WITHOUT_PROFILE=yes by default Message-ID: <CADLo839bijqDr936BHrzfCX-OWuQN8WKAVzEBPnUiZ_jOTaX5w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.OSX.1.10.1112020746330.91234@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>
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On 2 Dec 2011 15:57, "Lyndon Nerenberg" <lyndon@orthanc.ca> wrote: > > Max, I think a reasonable default is to continue building and shipping profiled libraries. This keeps FreeBSD consistent with every other UNIX variant released in the last (at least) 30 years. > > If you personally find profiled library builds slow you down too much, a one line addition to your /etc/src.conf solves the problem for you. > > Personally, I find building kernel modules to be intolerably slow, since I tend to run static linked kernels. I dealt with my preference by adding one line to my /etc/src.conf, not by submitting a patch request to disable the functionality in the builds. > > If you choose not to profile your code, that's entirely your choice. Breaking this functionality for everyone else who *does* make the effort to profile their code is a non-starter. Nothing is being broken here, just a default being changed. Users make up a greater proportion of our userbase than developers, so sensible defaults for them are more appropriate, right? Chris
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