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On Wednesday 09 April 2003 08:13 pm, Noah Justin Norris wrote: |
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> Is there any interest to start a binary release of gentoo with |
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> precompiled binaries. Im talking the entire source tree i know many |
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> people that would switch to gentoo if they would not have to compile |
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> every thing from source . not everyone has the fastest computer out |
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> there. |
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A "binary release of Gentoo" is out of scope for what Gentoo is trying to |
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provide. We are primarily a source-based distribution, and that's where |
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our priorities are set. Compiling the OS from scratch is not for |
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everyone, which we recognize and that's fine ... |
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There are some packages which make sense to have prebuilt binary options, |
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namely Java classes... and large packages which strip CFLAGS at compile |
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time, or ones that otherwise don't have any advantage of being compiled |
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from source. We would be very selective of the packages which actually |
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use this feature, as we are about -bin packages currently. |
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The topic of source-or-binary ebuilds (user selectable) is actively being |
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debated in -core. Several options are being discussed as to what angle |
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we might pursue. The aim is an appropriate solution to allow for _some_ |
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situations where binaries can be installed without cluttering the portage |
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tree with -bin directories. Currently on the table for review is adding |
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a prebuilt USE flag. Some are for it, some are against it. I'm sure |
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you'll hear about it when/if anything gets decided. |
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My general stance is that if someone wants a full binary OS release, they |
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should pursue something like Debian, Slackware, et al. That's their core |
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competency... ours is building from source. There's no right or wrong |
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either way, it just depends on what you're after. |
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Cheers, |
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Dylan Carlson |
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