Hi, Excerpts from Jean-Christian de Rivaz's message of Fri Aug 13 21:33:18 +0100 2010: > > Agreed, it didn't have much to do about SSE3, but when the accelerated > > graphics portion takes over, _that_ is the part it shows up. > > Again, you failed to list a single Meego package that will not support a > non SSSE3 machine by design. Others kind of accelerated graphics > optimization exists aside of the SSSE3 set.
I think all of this is on a bit of a tangent. Nobody in this discussion (as far as I know?) has advocated that doing away with an ssse3-optimised build would be a step forward. Going around in circles over what benefits ssse3 does and doesn't provide isn't helping this debate I think, because at the end of the day, if Intel want this, then they're more than capable of making it happen. As I understood it, The argument is that an additional, non-optimised build should be introduced, so that those using AMD processors (and yes, slightly older Intel processors) can also benefit and use/test/develop MeeGo. <reasoning> This is especially important in an application developer context: if an application developer can't use MeeGo, and the competition Just Works(tm), then they aren't going to shell out £300 or whatever other "insignificant" amounts might be required to get new hardware: they'll use the competition. Given that MeeGo is arriving a bit late to this game, I think this is something that can be ill-afforded, personally: issues like this aren't going to help us gain developer mindshare. At all. </reasoning> > > Jean-Christian -- Robin Burchell http://rburchell.com _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
