Re: Ongoing 2.4 VM suckage

David Ford
2001-08-03T22:47:33Z

I'd rather cut myself on the bleeding edge than have my extremities
ripped off when my machine reaches critical mass :)

It's seriously frustrating to have important volatile work on your
desktop and have to sit back and wait two hours for "skill -9 <some
victim pid>" before you can use your machine again.

-d

Rik van Riel wrote:

>On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, David Ford wrote:
>
>>If it is that badly broken, isn't that sufficient criteria to justify
>>the patch?
>>
>
>It's not just a patch. Fixing this problem will require
>a major VM rewrite. A rewrite I really wasn't willing
>to make for 2.4.
>
>I'll start writing the thing, but I won't be aiming at
>getting it included in 2.4. I guess I could code it in
>such a way to give a drop-in replacement for people
>willing to cut themselves on the bleeding edge, though ;)
>