Jemalloc 5.4.0

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• vocx2tx 45 minutes ago
  For some context on why this release is notable: Jemalloc Postmortem [0]

  [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44264958
• ZenoArrow 57 minutes ago
  Why is this on the HN front page? Is there something particularly noteworthy about this release?
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  • defrost 52 minutes ago
    The noted resumption and likely a small amount of halo effect from the Comparison of Malloc() Algorithms thread two / three days ago.

    - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49715318
  • aktenlage 53 minutes ago
    They resumed development on jemalloc only recently, after years of no releases.
  • ck45 52 minutes ago
    I just checked whether it's the first release after Jason Evans stepped down as maintainer, but it isn't. That was the previous release, 5.3.1