On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 10:21, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
Hi,
Question: Shall Fedora Extras support ix86 optimized packages but
i386-compiled packages rsp. under shall circumstances shall Fedora
Extras support such packages?
Background: Some folks have started to add i686-built application
packages in addition to i386-built packages to Fedora Extras, claiming
these i686-built, "optimized packages" would result into much better
performance of these packages ("up to factor 2").
those optimized packages aren't faster; at least I find it hard to
believe.... esp on p4 and athlon cpus where cmov is no gain again ;)