Re: Upcoming Qt switch to OpenGL ES on arm64

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> Yeah - it depends exactly on your background. There's a small (but
> growing) set of arm64 desktop users,

Apparently none of them are here, tho.

> and it would be unfortunate to cut them off.

But would it?  IIUC this proposed change only impacts Qt applications,
and it's not clear whether it would really have a visible impact (if
their graphics card (and drivers) also supports GLES, then presumably
the difference would only be one of performance which may not matter for
those particular Qt applications they use).

IOW, the proposed change will only impact negatively users who have the
following combination:
- Use arm64
- Use Qt
- Use a graphics card whose driver supports GL but not GLES
as well as those users with the following combination:
- Use arm64
- Use Qt
- Use a graphics card whose driver supports both GL and GLES
- Use Qt apps whose performance is noticeably better when using GL than
  when using GLES.


        Stefan