Not sure, perhaps Huan could answer that. That said, --enable-dcheck
certainly works on the Chromium release builds from the buildbot:
http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/continuous/LATEST/ .

  -Scott

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Antony Sargent<[email protected]> wrote:
> To clarify, doesn't --enable-dcheck only work on chromium release builds you
> built yourself and not official builds of Google Chrome?
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Scott Violet <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> One easy suggestion in helping catch bugs is to run Chrome with
>> --enable-dcheck . This'll prompt if you hit a DCHECK in release builds
>> and hopefully help isolate crashes before the fact.
>>
>>  -Scott
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Peter Kasting<[email protected]> wrote:
>> > THIS MAIL APPLIES TO YOU
>> > Flakiness is growing.  Smash it before it gets bigger, and keep it
>> > smashed.
>> > ***
>> > The MOST IMPORTANT section in this gigantic mail:
>> > PLEASE spend some of every workday (or each week at least, if you can't
>> > spare time each day) looking at test failures, flakiness,
>> > valgrind/purify/coverity bugs, crashes, and/or memory bugs.  Make it a
>> > goal
>> > to get an average of one line in the test-expectations file removed each
>> > day.  If you're a Googler, put it on your OKRs (now, not sometime
>> > tomorrow).
>> > * DON'T wait for someone to assign bugs to you or ask for your help
>> > * DON'T wait for a team fixit week (those haven't worked)
>> > * DON'T wait for someone else to solve the problems
>> > * DON'T wait until after your current project is finished
>> > * DON'T wait until you have worked on WebKit
>> > HELP, even if it's just a little, even if it's not your core competence.
>> >  We
>> > currently have hundreds upon hundreds of failing or flaky tests.  We can
>> > dramatically reduce this quickly but ONLY IF YOU HELP.  This is an
>> > investment not only in the quality of Chrome but in the team's ability
>> > to
>> > move fast, so help here doesn't just improve the quality of Chrome, but
>> > also
>> > the derivative of the quality :)
>> > (If you do not know how to do anything above and need handholding,
>> > e-mail me
>> > and I will help you.  It's OK to be ignorant.)
>> > ***
>> > Next, how you should help keep the tree green at all times:
>> > * If you ever look at the buildbot and see red, and there's no
>> > explanation
>> > in the build status, ask what's going on on #chromium.  Ping the
>> > sheriffs
>> > specifically (they're listed in the upper-right corner).  If you do not
>> > get
>> > an answer about ownership within a few minutes, close the tree (if you
>> > have
>> > the rights to) or ask someone to close it.  THE TREE SHOULD NOT BE OPEN
>> > WITH
>> > RED THAT NO ONE OWNS.  Help the sheriffs out with this -- they can't
>> > watch
>> > every second.  Closed trees suck; unowned bustage sucks more.  Be
>> > hard-nosed.
>> > * Yes, even purify, valgrind, and reliability bot redness.  If you can't
>> > figure out what to do with these, try pinging erikkay for purify issues
>> > and
>> > huanr for reliability issues.  (Not sure who a good general valgrind
>> > contact
>> > is.)
>> > * If you ever look at the buildbot and see orange ("unexpected pass"),
>> > especially in the WebKit LayoutTest bots, ping the WebKit sheriff (the
>> > calendar is linked from the top
>> > of http://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/webkit-merge-1 ; I don't
>> > know
>> > whether it's world-readable).  If he wasn't aware of it, agree between
>> > you
>> > on who will deal with it.  Orange alone is not reason to close the tree,
>> > but
>> > it should NOT be ignored.
>> > * DON'T IGNORE TESTS BECAUSE THEY WENT GREEN ON THE NEXT CYCLE.  If
>> > they're
>> > really fixed by someone's commit, that should be easy to determine.
>> >  Otherwise, they're flaky, and we NEED to mark them as such, not just
>> > leave
>> > them.
>> > ***
>> > Finally, how to help if the LayoutTest bots are red or orange:
>> > (1) Try and determine if the test(s) are consistently passing/failing
>> > unexpectedly, or if they're flaky.  Make sure you look at all the
>> > different
>> > bots to see which OSes are affected.
>> > (2) Update src/webkit/tools/layout_tests/test-expectations.txt.  Look
>> > for
>> > the test(s) in question.  Often, flaky tests will already be in there as
>> > failing or flaky for one OS, and need to have more added; or they will
>> > be
>> > marked flaky ("FAIL PASS") and need "CRASH" added.  If they're not
>> > there,
>> > add a line.
>> > (3) Ensure the test(s) have a bug on file.  Note the bug on the
>> > expectation.
>> > (4) If any tests are crashing (flaky or not), they're high-priority and
>> > someone needs to triage them.  Today, dglazkov was WebKit sheriff and
>> > was
>> > having me mark these bugs as P1, Mstone-3, owner:dglazkov.  I'm not sure
>> > whether the Right Thing is to assign them to the WebKit sheriff or still
>> > to
>> > him (feel free to comment, dglazkov!).  Why are these P1?  Because until
>> > we
>> > prove they can't affect Chrome itself, they potentially can, and Chrome
>> > crashes are always P1.  They affect stability and security both.
>> > (5) If you have commit rights, go ahead and TBR test-expectations
>> > changes
>> > you're confident of.  I even suggest using --force if the tree is
>> > closed.
>> >  Updating expectations is like fixing bustage, it helps the tree go
>> > green
>> > faster and thus is almost always desirable.  If you don't have commit
>> > rights, send your review to the WebKit sheriff.
>> > ***
>> > Your reward for reading this far:
>> > * At the end of the quarter, I will nominate for a peer bonus every
>> > Googler
>> > who puts something meaningful about flakiness/test failures/the other
>> > stuff
>> > above on their OKRs, accomplishes it, and sends me a note pointing that
>> > out.
>> > * At the end of the quarter, I will nominate for commit access every
>> > non-Googler who sends me a pointer to ten patches relating to the above
>> > items that they have posted for review, and who doesn't otherwise have
>> > some
>> > reason why they can't be nominated.
>> > If other people want to sweeten the pot somehow, feel free.
>> > PK
>> > >
>> >
>>
>> >>
>
>

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