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This isn't either/or. Phase in such changes instead!

This isn't either/or. Phase in such changes instead!

Posted Nov 11, 2010 23:04 UTC (Thu) by dgm (subscriber, #49227)
In reply to: This isn't either/or. Phase in such changes instead! by dwheeler
Parent article: Glibc change exposing bugs

How much should the changes be delayed? A year? two?
By that time maybe the targeted machines will no longer exists. Remember those processors are not exactly new (Core2 and Atom).


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This isn't either/or. Phase in such changes instead!

Posted Nov 12, 2010 18:26 UTC (Fri) by chad.netzer (guest, #4257) [Link]

And they are certainly not old, either. This optimization will be relevant for 3-5 years, at least. And the answer to your question is 6 months. ;)

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