>
> Am Mittwoch, den 19.08.2020, 14:40 -0400 schrieb Michael:
> > I thought compiling led to faster?
>
> This might be the case or not. Depending on your CPU. When you
> compile for your machine, the compiler can set all optimization
> options according to your system. A package maintiner however
> has to compile it in a way that it runs on all possible CPUs
> the package is meant for. This means it can not take best advantage
> of non standart CPU features you might have paid you CPU mmanufacturer
> for. A special built for your system can.
>

That was the case before (although I don't know how much faster). However,
last time I asked I was told that darktable's binaries are now compiled for
different architectures [1], so this should be less important. So... YMMV ;)

Regards,
Guillermo

[1] https://discuss.pixls.us/t/darktable-3-0-1-compilation-issues/17084/4

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