We added bwamem2 a long time ago but never made it...
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Rike Hanssen
07/21/2026, 9:48 AMWe added bwamem2 a long time ago but never made it the default. i am tempted to do this now. Does anyone have strong opposition to this? or done enough benchmarking to back this?
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Simon Pearce
07/21/2026, 10:21 AMbwamem2 is outdated now though
Simon Pearce
07/21/2026, 10:21 AMwe have bwamem3, bwamem2-rust, minibwa, and I'm fairly sure another one
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Rike Hanssen
07/21/2026, 10:24 AMdid you test those alternatives?
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Simon Pearce
07/21/2026, 10:30 AMNot at all yet 😉
Simon Pearce
07/21/2026, 10:31 AMBut yeah, I think making bwamem2 the default is probably sensible, over plain bwa mem
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