its going...slowly.
There are cross-platform concerns to take into account before his changes make it into the official repository. at least one of the issues relies on updating specific toolchain versions which I myself just haven't had the time to do recently (I volunteer my time btw). I've seen his PR successfully pass the win32/64 and the linux32/64 test targets...so if you are so inclined then self-compiling is certainly an option for those platforms.
I have messaged optiminer regarding the current cross-platform issues, as well as expressed my limited time table to dedicate towards build-system updates that specifically cater to his PR. I would absolutely LOVE to see his optimizations make it into the official repository (and release versions), but I want to be clear that such a thing is a "process" that takes time...time that is donated from both parties
I've been working with opti on the win32 version - currently when it is compiled and mining starts, it crashes. So far we haven't been able to isolate the problem.
Has anyone compiled the win64 version and mined with it yet?
I think the Arm/Mac/Win32 versions might be non-trivial and not in great demand, so I'm suggesting we use some #ifdefs to use the old miner when compiling for those platforms - that should straighten out the build issues. Then we can concentrate on getting the 64 bit linux/win versions working and built.