Re: Question on BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT in GCC on NetBSD/m68k

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:

> On Wed, 2025-06-11 at 20:16 -0700, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> > 
> > Fixing pthreads would probably go a long way. That's where we lost 
> > about half of our performance.
> 
> This may be accurate, but I'm again not sure how this is related to the 
> discussion we're having.
> 

It's related because such changes could impact all of the C libraries and 
compiler toolchains that you wish to port. So it's an example of a burden 
created by package archive growth. 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2025/06/msg00048.html

It's also related because such an enhancement may involve an ABI break. 
That's why I mentioned threading a week ago. 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2025/06/msg00018.html

> Finn accuses me that I deliberately slow down Linux on m68k when all I 
> do is continue to maintain vanilla Debian on m68k.

Citation needed. What I have said is, Debian is bloated (in part) because 
of its dependency graph e.g. the cmake dep on Qt, which you defended. 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2025/05/msg00038.html