On 2 Dec 2011 15:57, "Lyndon Nerenberg" <lyn...@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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
