On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Alec Warner <anta...@gentoo.org> wrote: > I see a *HUGE* reason. glibc ships with ptmalloc. If you think they > should use jemalloc, talk to them. Don't just do it in Gentoo.
Certainly I think it would be far more productive to talk to the glibc maintainers first. However, nothing prevents anybody from creating a Gentoo package with an alternative glibc implementation, patchset, whatever, assuming they are willing to maintain it. It really is no different from having an alternative udev implementation. Gentoo is about choice. Now, whether it ever becomes the /default/ choice is another matter entirely. Nobody can prevent people from experimenting - Gentoo developers are permitted to waste their time if desired. :) Rich
