This has now landed. So to re-iterate, if you see a "-1proc" suffix in the
task symbol that means it is running with e10s disabled. Otherwise e10s is
enabled. This symbol change will ride the trains (so you'll still see
"-e10s" on other branches for the time being).


On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 9:40 AM Andrew Halberstadt <a...@mozilla.com> wrote:

> I had about 5 independent suggestions of "-sp" and I agree that it is much
> better than "-fc". But another idea that came out of these conversations
> was "1proc" which also ticks all the boxes (only being a tiny bit longer
> than "e10s") and being even clearer than "-sp". I think I'll go with that
> one. Thanks to everyone for all the feedback!
>
> -Andrew
>
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 4:36 AM Jonathan Kew <jfkth...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 09/04/2019 20:44, Andrew Halberstadt wrote:
>> > Yeah, I did consider "non-e10s" for awhile and maybe it is the better
>> > choice. But here are my counter arguments:
>> >
>> > 1) One of the goals of this change is to de-clutter the treeherder UI.
>> > Using an 8 character symbol suffix runs counter to that goal (even if
>> it is
>> > still less cluttered overall).
>> > 2) People who use "e10s" in their |mach try fuzzy| queries out of muscle
>> > memory (or in saved presets) will accidentally select the exact
>> opposite of
>> > what they want.
>> > 3) For new contributors "e10s" is a code word anyway. It's just now they
>> > need to learn "fc" instead of "e10s".
>> >
>> > None of those are terribly compelling, but it's still enough to make me
>> > prefer "-fc".
>>
>> I think (1) and (2) here are good points; I'm less convinced by (3).
>> Yes, e10s is a code word, but it's one that is pretty long-established
>> and pervasive in the project and surrounding documentation (it even
>> shows up in the names of about:config settings). It appeared in
>> treeherder UI *because* it was a well-established term within the project.
>>
>> The proposed -fc suffix, on the other hand, seems gratuitously cryptic.
>> If it had suddenly appeared in treeherder, I'd have been totally
>> clueless as to its meaning; and even after seeing the announcement here,
>> it feels like an artificial label that's trying a bit too hard to come
>> up with a "clever" code where none is needed. It's not like we're
>> starting with a standard multi-process configuration, and launching a
>> grand "Fuel Cell" project that aims to merge the processes together.
>>
>> How about suffixing these jobs with -sp for "Single Process"? That would
>> be a lot more transparent, IMO.
>>
>> JK
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