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Bug#881333: qtbase5-dev: Rebuild qtbase with OpenGL ES support for arm64



On viernes, 10 de noviembre de 2017 13:58:51 -03 Rohan Garg wrote:
> Package: qtbase5-dev
> Version: 5.9.1+dfsg-2+16.04+xenial+build25
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> ARM64 Devices such as the ODROID C2, Pinebook, Pineboard only support
> OpenGL ES 2.0 acceleration. However, qtbase seems to be built with
> OpenGL acceleratio on ARM64 leading to unaccelerated apps such as
> Plasma's new systemsettings.
> 
> Could you please rebuild qtbase with OpenGL ES acceleration on ARM64
> instead so as to provide a better user experience on these devices?

As discussed on IRC, it means beaking ABI and also arm64 is likely to have 
DesktopOpenGL support as per https://nullr0ute.com/2017/09/the-state-of-open-source-accelerated-graphics-on-arm-devices/

So for the moment is a non-go.


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