[IMPALA-4320] Use gold linker by default

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.8.0
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.8.0
• Component/s: Infrastructure
• Target Version: Product Backlog
• Assignee: Tim Armstrong
• Reporter: Tim Armstrong
• Created: 19/Oct/16 00:18
• Updated: 20/Oct/16 15:08
• Resolved: 20/Oct/16 15:08

Description

We should switch Impala to build using the gold linker by default to speed up builds and improve the experience of new developers.

We already had a discussion on the dev@ mailing list where people seemed to agree with the idea.