On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 04:16:58PM -0600, Callum Lerwick wrote: > > With what GCC version? And with what other flags? Optimization is an > incredibly finicky thing, that can wildly vary depending on the version > of GCC, and different opt flags can interact in strange ways. > > Unless you can show a conclusive benchmark showing -O3 is better with > *our* GCC and all the rest of *our* opt flags, this shouldn't be allowed > IMHO. Why not trust upstream? And if a benchmark shows that it is untrue, come back to -O2. If i recall well -O3 make debuging harder, so there is a choice to do, but the packager should certainly be trusted in those cases. -- Pat -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list