FEDORA-2019-ba803bec25 — bugfix update for firefox

stable

firefox-64.0-7.fc29

FEDORA-2019-ba803bec25 created by stransky 5 years ago for Fedora 29

Enable PGO/LTO gcc optimizations to speed up Fedora Firefox builds. The builds should match Mozilla binaries at browser responsibility test (https://browserbench.org/Speedometer2.0/)

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How to install

Updates may require up to 24 hours to propagate to mirrors. If the following command doesn't work, please retry later:

sudo dnf upgrade --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2019-ba803bec25

This update has been submitted for testing by stransky.

5 years ago

imabug provided feedback 5 years ago

karma

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robmv provided feedback 5 years ago

karma

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pcw provided feedback 5 years ago

karma

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treba provided feedback 5 years ago

karma

BZ#1628549 Enable gcc lto/pgo optimizations for Fedora Firefox builds

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sedrubal provided feedback 5 years ago

karma

BZ#1628549 Enable gcc lto/pgo optimizations for Fedora Firefox builds

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nivag commented & provided feedback 5 years ago

I had 27 Firefox instances, I killed Firefox, and reloaded Firefox. Unfortunately, while many partial windows reappeared, only showed any content, the rest were blank.

Downgrading, solved problem.

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pbrobinson commented & provided feedback 5 years ago

karma

Seems fine on x86

BZ#1628549 Enable gcc lto/pgo optimizations for Fedora Firefox builds

atim commented & provided feedback 5 years ago

karma

I have +13% performance gains with this optimization in Speedometer2.0:

firefox-64.0-4.fc29 - 30.2 firefox-64.0-7.fc29 - 34.2

BZ#1628549 Enable gcc lto/pgo optimizations for Fedora Firefox builds

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srxavi provided feedback 5 years ago

karma

BZ#1628549 Enable gcc lto/pgo optimizations for Fedora Firefox builds

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sylzr commented & provided feedback 5 years ago

karma

works, tested in mate desktop

amir commented & provided feedback 5 years ago

karma

Feels snappy and faster.

BZ#1628549 Enable gcc lto/pgo optimizations for Fedora Firefox builds

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This update has been pushed to testing.

5 years ago

This update has been submitted for batched by bodhi.

5 years ago

This update has been submitted for stable by bodhi.

5 years ago

This update has been pushed to stable.

5 years ago

nomos commented & provided feedback 5 years ago

karma

Tested on local machine.

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Metadata

Type

bugfix

Severity

high

Karma

Signed

Content Type

RPM

Test Gating

ignored

Autopush Settings

Unstable by Karma

-3

Stable by Karma

Stable by Time

disabled

Dates

submitted

5 years ago

in testing

5 years ago

in stable

5 years ago

Builds

firefox-64.0-7.fc29

BZ#1628549 Enable gcc lto/pgo optimizations for Fedora Firefox builds

firefox-64.0-7.fc29

Automated Test Results

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0	4	Test Case firefox addons
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0	6	Test Case firefox media
0	0	Test Case firefox screenshot
0	0	Test Case User:Sr02mu/Draft/firefox bookmark