Official request: Please make GNU grep the default

[Gabor Kovesdan]

  Em 2010.08.13. 10:43, Doug Barton escreveu:
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> Gabor,
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> I hope at this point it goes without saying that I have a lot of respect
> for the work you've done on BSD grep, and I've already told you that I
> think you're very courageous for taking the project on. I've been
> testing and evaluating it for some time now, and I think I've given it a
> fair trial. You've done a fairly good job of responding to bug reports,
> and I understand that the exposure BSD grep has received as the default
> in HEAD has been very valuable in exposing additional areas that need
> work. However, with all that in mind I am officially asking you to
> please change the default in HEAD to GNU grep. (Note, I am _not_ asking
> you to remove BSD grep from the tree, just to change the default.)
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> My reason is simple, performance. [...]

I've just committed a patch with the kind help of Dimitry Andric, which 
gives BSD grep a huge performance boost. The performance is now almost 
comparable to GNU grep. I think with this, BSD grep may remain default 
if no other serious issues come up. Please report if you notice 
something weird.

I know about some minor issues, which aren't fixed yet. I'll be out for 
4 days as of tomorrow but when I come back I'll take care of these:
- Infinite loop when reading directory on ZFS/NFS filesystem
- Problems with context grepping

When reply, please remove core@ from CC, let's not bother them with 
this, I just wanted to let them know that I'm not neglecting this issue 
but if still demanded for a good reason, I'll switch back to default GNU 
grep.

Gabor