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List:       fedora-devel-list
Subject:    Re: [X86] Fwd: F29 System Wide Change: i686 Is For x86-64
From:       Rex Dieter <rdieter () math ! unl ! edu>
Date:       2018-06-04 20:41:33
Message-ID: pf481q$nr1$1 () blaine ! gmane ! org
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Jeff Backus wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 1:45 PM, Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Jeff Backus wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > Until (unless?) we have data indicating that this is a major drain on
> > > community resources, I'd push back on a change that actively excludes
> > part
> > > of the community. Now, if we do have data indicating that supporting
> > > non-SSE2 systems with the i686 architecture is a not-insignificant
> > > burden on the community, then I ask that this proposal be updated to
> > > include a solution that allows us to not push out part of the
> > > community, e.g.
> > Ajax's
> > > i586 suggestion.
> > 
> > Fwiw, Qt5 officially doesn't support non-sse2 systems either.  kde-sig
> > has had to carry patches/hacks to make it work (or at least be
> > buildable), but I'd love to be able to not have to do that anymore.
> > 
> > 
> Hmm.. Yes, we've had discussions within the SIG re: window managers that
> support i586/i686, and KDE was on the list of WMs that no longer support
> our target system. Do these patches/hacks only apply to KDE or do they
> apply to Qt in general?

I'm speaking about Qt5 here

-- Rex

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