On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 4:41 PM, Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> wrote:
Jeff Backus wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 1:45 PM, Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> wrote:
>
>> Jeff Backus wrote:
>>
>>
>> > Until (unless?) we have data indicating that this is a major drain on
>> > community resources, I'd push back on a change that actively excludes
>> part
>> > of the community. Now, if we do have data indicating that supporting
>> > non-SSE2 systems with the i686 architecture is a not-insignificant
>> > burden on the community, then I ask that this proposal be updated to
>> > include a solution that allows us to not push out part of the
>> > community, e.g.
>> Ajax's
>> > i586 suggestion.
>>
>> Fwiw, Qt5 officially doesn't support non-sse2 systems either.  kde-sig
>> has had to carry patches/hacks to make it work (or at least be
>> buildable), but I'd love to be able to not have to do that anymore.
>>
>>
> Hmm.. Yes, we've had discussions within the SIG re: window managers that
> support i586/i686, and KDE was on the list of WMs that no longer support
> our target system. Do these patches/hacks only apply to KDE or do they
> apply to Qt in general?

I'm speaking about Qt5 here


I was afraid of that. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to you and the rest of the KDE-SIG for all of the effort you folks make. :)

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