David Finberg wrote: > On Sat, 19 Apr 2008, Stefan Teleman wrote: > >> Reasons for disallowing -native: >> >> the compiler will generate binaries for the hardware on which the >> build occurs. if the hardware happens to be a UltraSPARC-IIIi, these >> binaries will just not work at all on an UltraSPARC-II, and Solaris >> 10+/Nevada are supported on UltraSPARC-II. >> >> UltraSPARC-III binaries are quite much faster than US-II. but, we are >> constrained by the fact that want a wide target audience. > > I understand. It would really nice to have a simple way to choose between > a build for a local system (-fast, take your chances), and a distribution > build (portable).
I appreciate the sentiment ... but I don't think this is the time for it; rather, we should concentrate on getting a solidly working KDE on Solaris out as soon as possible, and keep anything nice to have but ultimately distracting from this goal for a later time. Michael -- Michael Schuster http://blogs.sun.com/recursion Recursion, n.: see 'Recursion'
