Re: Backup mentors for GSOC

2011-05-05 Thread Stephen Weeks
Not long ago, Andrew Whitworth proclaimed... > bubaflub, GMP library bindings. > Mentor: dukeleto. Backup: mikehh > > benabik: newPOST > Mentor: bacek. Backup: PerlPilot > > rohitnsit08: JavaScript > Mentor: Coke. Backup: Whiteknight > > soh_cah_toa: Debugger > Mentor: cotto. Backup: NONE > > c

Re: Rakudo spectest time and parrot GCs

2011-05-05 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 08:23:44AM -0400, James E Keenan wrote: > > On May 3, 2011, at 8:16 AM, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: > >The size/content of the (bundled) spectests between 2011.01 and > >2011.04 doesn't seem to have changed significantly. > > Would it be possible to create a subset of the sp

Backup mentors for GSOC

2011-05-05 Thread Andrew Whitworth
We need backup mentors for a few GSoC projects. We like to have a backup person around just in case the mentor disappears, or if the student needs a second person to talk to. Responsibilities for the backup mentor are slim: Basically, stay at least minimally familiar with what the student is doing,

Re: Mysterious Branch Failures with PPC/Darwin Make

2011-05-05 Thread Peter Lobsinger
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Vasily Chekalkin wrote: > Hello. > >> 1..7 >> # Parsing src/ops/core.ops... >> src/gc/gc_gms.c:1231: failed assertion '!PObj_on_free_list_TEST(pmc) || >> !"Resurrecting of dead objects is not supported"' > > This is definitely GC-related failure. Can you try few tip

Re: Rakudo spectest time and parrot GCs

2011-05-05 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 08:10:18AM +1000, Vasily Chekalkin wrote: > Can you try parrot 3.3 with attached patch? The patch seems to work wonders on my desktop, generally a 19% or better improvement over 2011.01: Dell Dimension 9150, 4GB RAM, 64-bit, Kubuntu 11.04 x86_64 Version

Re: Rakudo spectest time and parrot GCs

2011-05-05 Thread Tadeusz SoĊ›nierz
On 5-05-2011 08:10:18, Vasily Chekalkin wrote: > Hello Patrick. > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 6:15 AM, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: > > On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 08:17:12AM -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: > >> I'm currently re-running the suite on my desktop with 64-bit to make > >> its statistics and

Re: Mysterious Branch Failures with PPC/Darwin Make

2011-05-05 Thread Vasily Chekalkin
Hello. > 1..7 > # Parsing src/ops/core.ops... > src/gc/gc_gms.c:1231: failed assertion '!PObj_on_free_list_TEST(pmc) || > !"Resurrecting of dead objects is not supported"' This is definitely GC-related failure. Can you try few tips from https://github.com/parrot/parrot/blob/master/docs/project/ha