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authorEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2019-01-02 20:37:38 +0000
committerEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2019-01-02 20:37:38 +0000
commit44baf906e73c13577186e3135be4356b33b8be43 (patch)
treeea17d5da3893b176c637927388659b526c44bb8e /INSTALL
parent8f8140f68ff2daab5feeb134d1f4e77f4329fa0f (diff)
downloaddtas-44baf906e73c13577186e3135be4356b33b8be43.tar.gz
Eliminate loading of the io_splice RubyGem to reduce memory overhead.
Extra DSOs are wasteful and io_splice is being phased oiut for
sleepy_penguin, which encapsulates more Linux-specific functionality
anyways.

cf. https://udrepper.livejournal.com/8790.html
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@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ Debian 7+ users can install dependencies easily:
 # installing dtas RubyGem on GNU/Linux (Linux kernel 2.6.32+)
 
 Be sure to have Ruby development headers and a working C compiler.
-This will pull in the io_splice and sleepy_penguin RubyGems for minor
+This will pull in the sleepy_penguin RubyGems for minor
 speedups.  If you cannot be bothered to have a development
 environment, just use "gem install dtas".
 
     sudo gem install dtas-linux
 
-This should pull in the "io_splice" and "sleepy_penguin" RubyGems
+This should pull in the "sleepy_penguin" RubyGems
 
 For future upgrades of dtas (upgrades to dtas-linux will be infrequent)
 
@@ -45,10 +45,8 @@ Grab the latest tarball from our HTTPS site:
     $ cd dtas-0.15.0
     $ sudo ruby setup.rb
 
-GNU/Linux users may optionally install "io_splice" and
-"sleepy_penguin" packages:
+GNU/Linux users may optionally install the "sleepy_penguin" package:
 
-    * io_splice - https://bogomips.org/ruby_io_splice/
     * sleepy_penguin - https://bogomips.org/sleepy_penguin/
 
 # CONTACT