Re: are we ready to fix random sort? - Or did that already happen?
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = guyscould someone else out there please do what Grant is suggesting here?I would definately do it but I am not running any servers at all, and I am not in aposition to ask my sys admin to install beta6 just so I can test this improved randomsearch.I think we want to make hay while the sun shines (while Grant's attention is on this)so we get a random search we are all happy with!-JohnGrant Hulbert wrote:> >Grant you said to bring up the random sort bug during beta 4 (since> >it functions> >differently on each platform).>> Thanks, we'll look into it. By its very nature, it's a bit hard to> put into the automated testing tools. As a quick check, can you try> it out on your setup?>> I have put in one extra line that should seed the random number> generator on a per-thread basis. I think maybe on Linux the random> seed starts at the same value every time you create a new thread.>> Grant Hulbert, Director of Engineering **********************************> Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | eCommerce (WebCatalog)> 16855 West Bernardo Drive, #380 | -------------------------> San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site Development> Main Line: (858) 675-1106 | http://www.smithmicro.com> Fax: (858) 675-0372 **********************************>> #############################################################> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list
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guyscould someone else out there please do what Grant is suggesting here?I would definately do it but I am not running any servers at all, and I am not in aposition to ask my sys admin to install beta6 just so I can test this improved randomsearch.I think we want to make hay while the sun shines (while Grant's attention is on this)so we get a random search we are all happy with!-JohnGrant Hulbert wrote:> >Grant you said to bring up the random sort bug during beta 4 (since> >it functions> >differently on each platform).>> Thanks, we'll look into it. By its very nature, it's a bit hard to> put into the automated testing tools. As a quick check, can you try> it out on your setup?>> I have put in one extra line that should seed the random number> generator on a per-thread basis. I think maybe on Linux the random> seed starts at the same value every time you create a new thread.>> Grant Hulbert, Director of Engineering **********************************> Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | eCommerce (WebCatalog)> 16855 West Bernardo Drive, #380 | -------------------------> San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site Development> Main Line: (858) 675-1106 | http://www.smithmicro.com> Fax: (858) 675-0372 **********************************>> #############################################################> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to > Send administrative queries to #############################################################This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to
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