>>>>> "BC" == Ben Cotton <bcotton@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: BC> * Other developers: Other developers may have to adjust test suites BC> which expect exact floating point results, and correct linking with BC> <code>libatomic</code>. They will also have to upgrade their x86-64 BC> machines to something that can execute AVX2 instructions. [...] BC> == Upgrade/compatibility impact == BC> Fedora installations on systems with CPUs which are not able to BC> execute AVX2 instructions will not be able to upgrade. Wow. I understand progress, but I have to say that it's not really cool to toss this bomb out there without some more detailed breakdown of the impact. For my part, I try to keep my equipment relatively up to date but I don't want to throw something away if it's still perfectly useful. And, let's see, I'd have to toss out five desktops (which isn't too bad, I guess) and probably forty perfectly functional servers, some of which aren't really even all that old. Heck, a dozen computational servers would be on the block. Even requiring avx would force me to toss a pretty big pile of stuff. Basically, this would force me to use something other than Fedora. I'd have no choice, since it wouldn't work. I don't want to be that guy with the 20mhz 386 that still wants others to make sure his stuff works, but still, this seems like it's going more than just a bit too far. - J< _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
