On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 07:20:50PM +0200, Tomasz Buchert wrote: > > ] Architecture: amd64 arm64 ppc64el s390x > > > > But why would you artificially restrict this to just these? > > > > 2.0.3-1 successfully built also on: > > alpha kfreebsd-amd64 mips64el ppc64 sparc64 x32 > > > > Of these, only alpha can be considered a doorstop architecture. > > Damn, I only looked at the officially released archs, sorry. > I'll upload the less restricted version soon.
Thanks! I don't know the real use of other 2nd class architectures, but at least for x32 the benefits over amd64 are: * drastically lower memory use: relevant for server consolidation and vhosting, not really for scientific software * modest speed gains. Sometimes 40%, sometimes 0%, a realistic figure on some piece of diverse code I've tested is only 7%. A speed gain of only 7% is typically something only a "gentoo ricer" would look at, with one exception: when you build a $1M cluster you get to save $70k, all for the cost of debootstrap+recompile (and go back to amd64 in case of any problems). Which seems to be just the purpose of current users of libsdsl. -- A tit a day keeps the vet away.
