Hi Jan, Am Do., 28. Juli 2022 um 16:20 Uhr schrieb Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>:
if we do not drop i586, there is no hole, as hardware incompatible with x86_64-v2 can still run i586. I like your thinking. We should set the distro level to x86_64-v4 then: Hardware incompatible with x86_64-v4 can still run the i586 binaries.
I hear the irony in this. Okay. let me rephrase: a) select a base level (-v1 or -v2, don't really personally care, I have no -v1 only hardware anymore) b) offer hwcaps overlay like -v3. I think -v4, which essentially requires AVX512 is likely not worth the effort except for some really extreme cases, where the open source projects in questions likely already have customized AVX512 assembly included that is executed when the hardware fits.