Re: [htdig-dev] Htdig-3.2.0b6 debian package..

[Gilles D. <gr...@sc...>]

Well, I suspect there's a judgement call involved in whether bug 244867
is fixed or not.  If any performance slower than 3.1.6 is going to
be viewed as unacceptable, then no, it's not fixed yet.  However,
3.2.0b6 does fix the biggest source of bad performance in 3.2.0b5,
i.e. the repeated calls to regcomp().  The overall performance will of
course vary considerably from machine to machine and configuration to
configuration, but now we're getting performance that's in the ballpark
of 1.5 to 4 times the runtime of 3.1.6, as opposed to the 4 to 50 times
slower we were often seeing before.  So, while there's still a lot of
room for improvement in performance, I don't think we'll get nearly as
many complaints about it as we have in the past.

I think all we can do is leave it to the debian powers that be to
make that judgement call for themselves, and decide whether 3.2.0b6 is
acceptable as a stable release, rather than an experimental one.

According to lac...@ip...:
> Thanks, Robert.
> 
> The latest beta doesn't solve bug 244867, but nor will 3.2.0-release.  It
> was decided at the recent committee meeting that we will postpone the optimisation
> until 3.2.1 (unless we stumble across any particular bug causing the problem).
> 
> I'd strongly suggest that Sarge ship with packages for both versions, to
> allow users who need features in 3.2 to use them, while allowing those who
> need speed to have it.  Would that be possible?
> 
> Cheers,
> Lachlan
> 
> >I have first tentatively built a debian package of htdig 3.2.0b6
> >
> >Available here:
> >
> >http://users.linuxbourg.ch/ribnitz/debian/htdig_3.2.0b6-1_i386.deb
> >
> >It should solve quite a few problems, please do test, those of you who 
> >are on debian..
> >
> >I am usure however, whether it solves the following problem:
> >
> >http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=244867
> >
> >Once I have a confirmation that it works better than the previuous one,
> 
> >I'll start closing bugs.
> >
> >Robert


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Gilles R. Detillieux              E-mail: <gr...@sc...>
Spinal Cord Research Centre       WWW:    http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba  Winnipeg, MB  R3E 3J7  (Canada)