Re: [PATCH] Make file-based lookup more interruptable

Doug Evans
2015-06-02T00:03:09Z

On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Doug Evans <dje@google.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 4:55 AM, Yao Qi <qiyaoltc@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Doug Evans <dje@google.com> writes:
>>
>>> This patch makes, for example, "b 'foo.c':bar" more interruptable.
>>
>> Does 'interruptable' mean user can type ctrl-c to cancel the command
>> "b 'foo.c':bar" which may take 10 minutes? If so, this change is
>> visible to users, and do we need to add a NEWS entry?
>
> I'd classify this as being no different than a performance improvement.
> There already is a level of interruptability, the only change is in degree
> of responsiveness.
>
> We *can* start adding such things to NEWS, but we don't do so today.
> Before we start imposing this on everyone, we'll need to establish
> what does and does not qualify - I'm guessing we don't want to add
> a NEWS entry for every little performance improvement.

Hi.

"ping" :-)

Whaddayathink? Should we start adding perf improvements to NEWS
(and try to classify what is newsworthy)?
Or let it go, at least for now?