FAQ

• What architectures are supported?

Newer x86_64 machines, see CFLAGS below.

• What CFLAGS are used?

The goal is to build with optimizations without compromising on the number of supported machines. To that end, -O2 -march=x86-64-v2 is used. Only very old x86_64 machines will not work with these tarballs.

For Rust packages, the RUSTFLAGS equivalent is used.

• What about Aarch64/RISC-V/older Intel machines?

Arguably such computers are in most need of prebuilt packages, since it'd be more difficult than usual to compile packages on the machines itself. But this won't be done unless volunteers and extra storage space is discovered somehow.

• How do I report issues?

Ping the maintainer in IRC or send an email.

• How long will old versions be available?

As of now that hasn't been decided. Most likely, as the 10GB limit becomes more imminent, older versions of larger packages (llvm, clang, rust) will begin to be deleted.

• What relation does LOAP have to the KISS project?

LOAP was made by kiedtl, a former KISS community maintainer, who recently returned to the project (hello _o/). It has not been explicitly endorsed by KISS community.

LOAP volunteers may or may not be part of the "official" KISS community.

Needless to say, it has not been endorsed by Dylan.