Switch default build type back to RelWithDebInfo for now#10799
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Currently the only difference between RelWithDebInfo and Release is that the former adds -g (aka debuginfo=2) though it doesn't seem to make a lot of difference in my testing. Since build_tools/make_pkg.sh and debian/rules use RelWithDebInfo, let's be consistent with those.
A release build is recommended to most users (to avoid occasional slowness)
whereas developers may prefer debug builds for shorter build times and more
accurate debug information.
There are more users of "make install" than developers, so I think the
default should be optimized for users, i.e. an optimized build. I think
that's in line with what most of our peer projects do.
Even if developers don't know about the -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
trick, they will likely be able to iterate quickly by using "cargo
{build,check,clippy,test}" and rust-analyzer, all of which use a debug
configuration by default, irrespective of cmake. Granted, users will need
to use cmake to run system tests. If a task needs a lot of iterations,
one can always convert the system test to a script that can be run with
target/build/fish. For building & running all system tests, the release
build takes 30% longer, so not that much.
Here are my build/test times and binary sizes; with debug:
$ time ninja -C build-Debug/
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Executed in 25.30 secs fish external
usr time 68.33 secs 676.00 micros 68.32 secs
sys time 11.34 secs 41.00 micros 11.34 secs
$ du -h build-Debug/fish
43M build-Debug/fish
$ time ninja -C build-Debug/ test
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Executed in 193.96 secs fish external
usr time 182.84 secs 1.53 millis 182.83 secs
sys time 30.97 secs 0.00 millis 30.97 secs
with release
$ time ninja -C build-RelWithDebInfo/
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Executed in 106.80 secs fish external
usr time 164.98 secs 631.00 micros 164.98 secs
sys time 11.62 secs 41.00 micros 11.62 secs
$ du -h build-RelWithDebInfo/fish
4.6M build-RelWithDebInfo/fish
$ time ninja -C build-RelWithDebInfo/ test
________________________________________________________
Executed in 249.87 secs fish external
usr time 260.25 secs 1.43 millis 260.25 secs
sys time 29.86 secs 0.00 millis 29.86 secs
Tangentially related, the numbers with "lto = true" deleted. This seems
like a nice compromise for a default but I don't know much about the other
benefits of lto.
$ time ninja -C build-RelWithDebInfo-thin-lto/
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Executed in 35.50 secs fish external
usr time 196.93 secs 0.00 micros 196.93 secs
sys time 13.00 secs 969.00 micros 13.00 secs
$ du -h build-RelWithDebInfo-thin-lto/fish
5.5M build-RelWithDebInfo-thin-lto/fish
$ time ninja -C build-RelWithDebInfo-thin-lto/ test
________________________________________________________
Executed in 178.62 secs fish external
usr time 287.48 secs 976.00 micros 287.48 secs
sys time 28.75 secs 115.00 micros 28.75 secs
Alternative solution: have no default at all, and error out until the user
chooses a build type.
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One reason tests are so slow is that we no longer run any system tests in parallel since 8bf8b10 (Extended & human-friendly keys, 2024-03-30). |
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A release build is recommended to most users (to avoid occasional slowness)
whereas developers may prefer debug builds for shorter build times and more
accurate debug information.
There are more users of "make install" than developers, so I think the
default should be optimized for users, i.e. an optimized build. I think
that's in line with what most of our peer projects do.
Even if developers don't know about the -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
trick, they will likely be able to iterate quickly by using "cargo
{build,check,clippy,test}" and rust-analyzer, all of which use a debug
configuration by default, irrespective of cmake. Granted, users will need
to use cmake to run system tests. If a task needs a lot of iterations,
one can always convert the system test to a script that can be run with
target/build/fish. For building & running all system tests, the release
build takes 30% longer, so not that much.
Here are my build/test times and binary sizes; with debug:
with release
Tangentially related, the numbers with "lto = true" deleted. This seems
like a nice compromise for a default but I don't know much about the other
benefits of lto (I haven't tested runtime so I can't speak to that).
Alternative solution: have no default at all, and error out until the user
chooses a build type.