Comment 13 for bug 664431

On 27.10.2010 01:58, Scott Kitterman wrote:
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> "Steve Langasek"<email address hidden> wrote:
>
>> it is a performance regression on some hardware, in exchange for
>> correcting a regression in basic functionality of the package on other
>> supported hardware. In the absence of other solutions, I think this is
>> preferable over the status quo. Do you disagree?
>
> I believe the foundational assumption that there is a lack of
> alternative options is premature at best. The lack of runtime detection
> is a bug that upstream says is fixed in Qt 4.7.1.
>
> In general I think that prior to uploading an SRU, and in particular
> before uploading an SRU like this that guarantees regression for some
> users, it would be useful to have a conversation with the Ubuntu team
> that does most of the maintenance work on a package.

I don't get it. I certainly prefer a working package on all supported
platforms, even if it runs slower on some of them. We would do the same on
other platforms if we would detect a package built with, e.g. -msse2

   Matthias