[MLton] Re: [MLton-commit] r4814

[Stephen Weeks]

> > -FLAGS = @MLton ram-slop 0.7 gc-summary $(RUNTIME_ARGS) --
> > +FLAGS = @MLton max-heap 640m ram-slop 0.7 gc-summary $(RUNTIME_ARGS) --
> 
> I'd prefer to only push the max-heap option into the Debian package and 
> not cripple builds on machines with sufficient memory.

Fair enough.  Although I suspect it makes little difference for a
standard build.

> I also don't entirely understand why ram-slop isn't sufficient on
> the Debian machines.

Me neither.  There's a lot of factors that come into play with the
autobuilders, most of which are beyond our control.  Limiting the heap
just seems to play nicer with the builds and cause them to fail less
often.