Tamarin:WeeklyUpdates/2008-12-09

Attendees

Rick Reitmaier, Dan Schaffer, Dan Smith, Brent Baker, Leslie Lewis, Rob Borcic, Moh (Intel), Tom Harwood, Tom Reilly, Steven Johnson, Rudolph, Shengnan (Intel)

Agenda Topics

• PPC Update (Dan Schaffer)
• Next Iteration (Dan Smith)
• String work (Steven Johnson)

Action Items

• Dan Schaffer to send details of PPC Test Results to tamarin-devel distribution list - DONE
• All code that needs to get into the next release of TC needs to be checked in and tested by 12/16/08. Next release on 12/22/08.
• Dan Smith to synch up with Steven Johnson to discuss how to integrate string work back into the Player.

Meeting Discussion Notes

Mac PPC Performance (switch from MIR to LIR)

• PPC pushed and landed late last week
• 8% faster
• 6% lower memory
• Only some sun spider tests showed some slower times
• All other tests across te board faster (JSBoard, SciMark – 20% faster)
• All acceptance tests are pass
• Looks good - We can pull the plug on MIR

Next iteration

• We will plan to do drops approx 1/month for TC
• Next drop to be done on Monday, 12/22
• All code changes be submitted and tested by 12/17
• 3 days is enough to shakedown and certify the build
• Lars and Trevor will work together to get the build out

Michael’s String work

• Most things working again
• More efficient memory usage
• API changes, Modest but necessary
• Details on Mozilla Wiki and Steven will send this link out after meeting
• Bug 465506 (numbers documented in this bug)
• Only in redux hopefully by end of day today, all targets will be going
• Dan to chat with Steven about to integrate this back into Player