Paul Gevers wrote:
> + <section id="webkit2gtk-on-non-sse2" arch="i386">
> + <title>Initially no support for WebKitGTK based applications on non-SSE2
<title>No initial support for WebKitGTK-based applications on non-SSE2
Or maybe just
<title>WebKitGTK (initially) requires SSE2 support</title>
And how are we deciding when it's "WebKitGTK" and when it's
"webkit2gtk"? Bear in mind that users have no easy way of mapping
from the name of a source package to the name of the specific library
they might or might not have installed.
> + systems</title>
> + <para>
> + Due to changes in the upstream code, <systemitem
> + role="package">webkit2gtk</systemitem> has been built with SSE2
> + support. The changes in the Debian code came too late to be
> incorporated
Surely the change is that it now *lacks* support for *non*-SSE2
systems? Or you could say that it has been built with a dependency
on SSE2 support. Or:
role="package">webkit2gtk</systemitem> has been built requiring SSE2
support. Fixes for this in the Debian code came too late to be
incorporated
> + in the initial buster release. This means that systems that don't have
> + SSE2 support build into their CPU can't run applications which use
s/build/built/
> + WebKitGTK, e.g. <systemitem role="package">liferea</systemitem> or
> + <systemitem role="package">zenity</systemitem>. These applications will
> + crash, most likely with an <literal>Illegal instruction</literal> error
> + message. It is expected that <systemitem
> + role="package">webkit2gtk</systemitem> will support these older systems
> + after the first update of <systemitem
> + role="package">webkit2gtk</systemitem> in either a point release or
> + security update.
This is also a bit short on concrete advice for users. Could we add
something like
Users of a modern desktop environment with older (roughly,
pre-Pentium IV) CPUs may wish to delay upgrading until then.
None of my machines are this ancient, but "dpkg -l | grep -i webkit"
gives no output, so I would be safe anyway - right?
> + </para>
> + </section>
> +
> <section id="noteworthy-obsolete-packages" condition="fixme">
> <title>Noteworthy obsolete packages</title>
> <para>
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
