In the amd64 section, the devmanual claims "Another bad idea is to (ab)use append-flags function from flag-o-matic.eclass. Applying -fPIC on all objects will slow down the binaries in a drastic way." The amd64 project agrees that -fPIC should not be universally applied, however it is incorrect to state that our binaries suffer slowdown from use of said flag. amd64 does not suffer from that in the same way that x86 or other archs do. Please reword.
FWIW I have fixed it locally so don't double the work. soon to be applied...
has this been applied and pushed out yet?
(In reply to comment #2) > has this been applied and pushed out yet? No. I think the only ones that can commit are: spb, christel(?), betelgeuse, the council members ((still) all?). As council member and strategic lead of amd64 you are a good candidate to provide a patch and apply it.
Created attachment 138649 [details, diff] altered the statement in question Changed it to say that it shouldn't be applied to all objects, only to shared objects. So now it doesn't say it will cause a drastic slowdown
This has been committed. Reopen if you dislike or want it reworded in a specific way.
