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Subject:    Re: SIMD-related package amd minimum supported instructions
From:       drago01 <drago01 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2021-04-17 16:50:02
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On Friday, April 16, 2021, Robert-Andr=C3=A9 Mauchin <zebob.m@gmail.com> wr=
ote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a dependency that is a C++ library for SIMD (called highway). This
> library requires SSE4 as its minimum required instruction set ("Supported
> targets: SSE4, AVX2, AVX-512, NEON (ARMv7 and v8), WASM SIMD."). However
> the minimum for Fedora is SSE2. Am I still allowed to package this despit=
e
> the requirement being above what's minimum for Fedora? It won't compile o=
n
> old systems but building works fine in Koji.
>
>
There shouldn't be a reason not to package it just because it doesn't work
on old hardware.


> Best regards,
>
> Robert-Andr=C3=A9
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<br><br>On Friday, April 16, 2021, Robert-André Mauchin &lt;<a \
href="mailto:zebob.m@gmail.com">zebob.m@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br> <br>
I have a dependency that is a C++ library for SIMD (called highway). This library \
requires SSE4 as its minimum required instruction set (&quot;Supported targets: SSE4, \
AVX2, AVX-512, NEON (ARMv7 and v8), WASM SIMD.&quot;). However the minimum for Fedora \
is SSE2. Am I still allowed to package this despite the requirement being above \
what&#39;s minimum for Fedora? It won&#39;t compile on old systems but building works \
fine in Koji.<br> <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There shouldn&#39;t be a \
reason not to package it just because it doesn&#39;t work on old hardware.</div><div> \
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"> Best regards,<br>
<br>
Robert-André<br>
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