Comment # 9 on bug 1027691 from Josh Zimmerman

I tried to submit the bug backtrace information, but there is already a
duplicate on KDE's website. I don't recall what the title of the bug was
though. Used to; I couldn't even do that, because the debugging stuff wouldn't
install, but it went smoother this time and I did see the message about SSE2,
but what I can never figure out is why people take things and make them
obsolete so that older hardware can't work if it isn't not impacting anything
significantly enough to need removal.

In other words; why remove old drivers if they are not taking up too much
space?
Why remove old kernel modules if they are not affecting the operating system in
a negative way? Why remove support for old hardware if it's not hurting
anything? Least of all; Why remove support for SSE1 in the QT package if there
was already a patch that made it work?

I recall having to recompile the kernel once to turn on support for parallel
port scanners. To me; it seems like removing support for things that are
already there and working properly just cause more headaches than would happen
if you just let them be in the installation or configuration of SUSE.

Like 32 bit installations of OpenSUSE is obsolete. I recall thinking that, but
was there really a reason to remove support for 32 machines that was too time
consuming to spin a release of the 32-bit versions?

The only things I think that should be removed and be made obsolete are bugs
that prevent any software or hardware from working properly and if the bug fix
causes a regression; fix that with everything enabled.