----- Original Message ----- > On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 09:45:39AM -0400, Bastien Nocera wrote: > > I can't think of a single time of when I'd want to wait for the core > > dumping to finish (which can make the machine unusable for tens of > > minutes) to debug a memory usage problem. > > I can think of many times — but none of them are individual desktop use > cases. This could be very valuable in server, HPC, or even enterprise > desktop contexts. Dumping the core of the application that might not even be the one responsible for eating all the RAM? Please expand. Enterprise desktop users are the same as desktop users, except that they can't afford to take a 30-minute break when their machine is thrashing. If you know any different, I'm all for an expanded explanation here. _______________________________________________ desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx