Re: pdumper on Solaris 10

[Óscar Fuentes]

Pip Cet <pipcet@protonmail.com> writes:

>> My perception of the past week or two using igc is that those pauses are
>> much less jarring, if perceptible at all. I need more time to make a
>> definitive judgment, though.
>
> If you do, and it's negative, please take into account that MPS offers
> many tunable parameters, and hasn't been fine-tuned for Emacs yet.
> Even if the current scratch/igc branch isn't satisfactory by itself,
> it's very likely it can be improved by changing some numbers.

Noted, thanks.

> this is relevant because we're now discussing a simplification of the
> GC code which would help MPS

Those modifications can go on a branch (a fork of scratch/igc). When/if
igc demonstrates its virtues and considered a considerable improvement
for Emacs, related changes surely meet less oposition. Then you can
point to that branch and suggest merging it instead of scratch/igc.

> Put drastically, if MPS fails to land, the most likely reason is the
> capriciously-applied "do not touch the GC" rule.

What appears capriciously from the outside, may be responsible
maintenance from the inside.

Eli and a few others have a very long term commitment with Emacs' and,
as maintainers, consider not degrading stability their principal duty
towards users, which in practice means being almost overly conservative.
And even if I sometimes get irritated by some decisions, knowing that I
can rely on Emacs working (save for very occassional tweaks) is
something that I appreciate very much.

Remember XEmacs?