From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FjGSv-0000aH-80 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 25 May 2006 14:05:29 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k4PE2Uw7009560; Thu, 25 May 2006 14:02:30 GMT Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (SMTP.CS.NYU.EDU [128.122.140.230]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4PDtTnP000824 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 13:55:30 GMT Received: from localhost.localdomain (ool-4578dd70.dyn.optonline.net [69.120.221.112]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4PDtT8N013996 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 09:55:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1502) id F204D150; Thu, 25 May 2006 09:55:23 -0400 (EDT) To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] content of /usr/portage/distfile References: <20060524142643.5710.qmail@web27406.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <169ffc030605240752s39bfb543r9988c1d1d4e9c267@mail.gmail.com> <4474C785.3040203@gmail.com> <4474EB42.3030900@gmail.com> <4475899A.9010502@gmail.com> From: Allan Gottlieb Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 09:55:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4475899A.9010502@gmail.com> (sohalt@gmail.com's message of "Thu, 25 May 2006 10:40:26 +0000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Archives-Salt: dcdec1ed-9684-4c5b-9770-6ebcaae69a19 X-Archives-Hash: cb8bbcead3427bb0ff106fc06058db47 At Thu, 25 May 2006 10:40:26 +0000 Alex wrote: > Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> You have to do experiments. It depends heavily on your application >> mix. > > Yes, that would be the best, but I'm wondering how, because e.g. "time > bzip2 -9 foobar" wouldn't be helpfull. So now I've switched to "-Os" > and soon I can test, if it's a real difference. Please report back your findings, including the application mix you tested. Although "scientific" timed benchmarks are important, I would also be interested in how the system feels. For the latter ("feels"), you should qualitatively describe the use of the system (web server, desktop, laptop, etc) and what you commonly run (program devel, games, scientific/engineering apps, etc). thanks, allan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list