On 2003.03.19 11:23 Buchan Milne wrote:
And then we end up with some things being slower ... it should really only optimise those packages which are known to have some benefit from being optimised.
Absolutely.
In fact, the optimization level is quite trivial.
What's important is that video and math programs can be rebuilt to take advantage of architecture-specific optimizations, like mmx/sse or P4/athlon specific instrction sets.
We do not want people rebuilding the whole distro. It's a waste of time and energy.
Austin
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