Call for thread testers

[Sean Chittenden]

[moving to -threads]

> This is kind of an unconventional call for help.  As we approach the
> release of 5.2, we'd really like to show off the performance and
> stability of our new threading packages.  So, I'm looking for people
> to volunteer to go out and put some of the thread-capable enterprise
> and desktop packages to the test.  Packages that I would most like
> to see are:
> 
> Apache 2
> BIND 9
> OpenOffice
> Mozilla
> KDE desktop + Konq
> Java 1.3/1.4 + Tomcat/etc
> MySQL
> Others?
> 
> The questions that I would like to have answered are:
> 
> Does it take advantage of pthreads
> Does it work with libkse and libthr
> Does it operate correctly
> Does it perform better/worse than with libc_r
> Does it perform better/worse than under FreeBSD 4.x

What's the current status of KSE?  Is the project page
(http://www.FreeBSD.org/kse/) considered up to date by the KSE
developers?  Are the remaining bits for KSE either bug related or
dealing with ARCH != x86?  Are there any remaining/outstanding
"gotchas"/bugs on the radar/problems that the KSE developers are aware
of?

I've heard that the konsole bug has been fixed and there's a patch
floating around to fix the SIGABRTs for that program (was my biggest
gripe last time I tested libkse).

Just trying to figure out what my expectations should be with regards
to testing at this point.  Is KSE to the point that it's ready for
performance testing or is stability still a concern?

tia, -sc

-- 
Sean Chittenden