[Debian-med-packaging] @Andreas - LTO for autodock

["Steffen Möller"]

Hi Andreas,

> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. August 2014 um 14:42 Uhr
> Von: "Andreas Tille" <andreas at an3as.eu>
> An: debian-med-packaging at lists.alioth.debian.org
> Betreff: Re: [Debian-med-packaging] @Andreas - LTO for autodock
>
> Hi Steffen,
> 
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 08:15:53AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > > 
> > > Back then I had decided against it all, but today, a couple of compiler generations later, I suggest to think
> > > about it - for autodock and many other compute-intensive packages. Any opinions or deeper insights anyone?
> > 
> > If you did some experiments why not just commiting to SVN what you
> > regard as sensible?  I personally do not use the software so I can
> > hardly comment on its performance in day to day work.  I'm currently
> > working on autopkgtesting (the current script creates several failures
> > while at package build time everything wents fine - probably a simple
> > thing I overlooked).
> > 
> > So just do what you think needs to be done and raise a signal if you
> > are ready.
> 
> I fixed the tests and from my personal point of view the package would
> be ready for uploading.  Please pick one of the following options:
> 
>   1. Implement LTO and upload
>   2. Implement LTO and ask me for final review and uploading
>   3. Upload yourself as is
>   4. Ask me to upload as is and change whatever needs to be changed later
>   5. ?

Thanks a lot. I'll upload tonight - together with all the other bits to sponsor.

I just found a benchmark on LTO on
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTI5ODE
and my initial mail was more about thinking where we could possibly also benefit
from it.

Many greetings

Steffen