[Pkg-octave-commit] [octave] 01/02: Mention the disabling of JIT in NEWS.Debian.

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commit c8babc6151f4cb32ebef1a87faddad5bf2fb0091
Author: Sébastien Villemot <sebastien at debian.org>
Date:   Wed Apr 30 10:47:58 2014 +0200

    Mention the disabling of JIT in NEWS.Debian.
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 debian/NEWS | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS
index d3e38f0..2692201 100644
--- a/debian/NEWS
+++ b/debian/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+octave (3.8.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * The just-it-time (JIT) compiler has been disabled in this version,
+    because it creates problems with the Gallium llvmpipe Mesa driver.
+    Since the JIT is currently very basic, it is not worth the trouble. It
+    may be re-enabled later when the benefits outweigh the costs. See
+    #743620 for more details.
+
+ -- Sébastien Villemot <sebastien at debian.org>  Wed, 30 Apr 2014 10:46:37 +0200
+
 octave (3.8.0~rc1-1) experimental; urgency=medium
 
   * Starting with this version, the octave package now contains an

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