Op 18 aug. 2010 om 18:48 heeft Gabor Kovesdan <gabor_at_FreeBSD.ORG> het volgende geschreven: > Em 2010.08.13. 10:43, Doug Barton escreveu: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA256 >> >> Gabor, >> >> I hope at this point it goes without saying that I have a lot of respect >> for the work you've done on BSD grep, and I've already told you that I >> think you're very courageous for taking the project on. I've been >> testing and evaluating it for some time now, and I think I've given it a >> fair trial. You've done a fairly good job of responding to bug reports, >> and I understand that the exposure BSD grep has received as the default >> in HEAD has been very valuable in exposing additional areas that need >> work. However, with all that in mind I am officially asking you to >> please change the default in HEAD to GNU grep. (Note, I am _not_ asking >> you to remove BSD grep from the tree, just to change the default.) >> >> My reason is simple, performance. [...] > > I've just committed a patch with the kind help of Dimitry Andric, which gives BSD grep a huge performance boost. The performance is now almost comparable to GNU grep. I think with this, BSD grep may remain default if no other serious issues come up. Please report if you notice something weird. > > I know about some minor issues, which aren't fixed yet. I'll be out for 4 days as of tomorrow but when I come back I'll take care of these: > - Infinite loop when reading directory on ZFS/NFS filesystem > - Problems with context grepping > > When reply, please remove core_at_ from CC, let's not bother them with this, I just wanted to let them know that I'm not neglecting this issue but if still demanded for a good reason, No worries there Gabor! Wilko > I'll switch back to default GNU grep. > > Gabor > >Received on Wed Aug 18 2010 - 16:42:07 UTC
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