Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Cedric Veilleux <cedric@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Binary release of gentoo
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 08:22:42
Message-Id: 200304100429.01001.cedric@neopeak.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Binary release of gentoo by Robert Cole
1 > > I thought it was called Debian? ;o)
2 > >
3 > > Or perhaps, "I'd eat meat, if only it were vegetarian"
4 > >
5 > > Seriously though, I don't see the point, unless you want to sell more
6 > > T-Shirts, there are a plethora of good binary distributions of linux out
7 > > there already and all the downsides you list are what, imo, define
8 > > Gentoo.
9 > >
10 > > I'd prefer to see gentoo improved as a source-based distribution
11 >
12 > Ditto. There is no point to a binary version of Gentoo. If you want that
13 > then as Michael said just use Debian.
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16 I don't agree. Gentoo already supports binary packages anyways (emerge -b /
17 emerge -k). We're only talking about improving it AFAIK.. What's wrong with
18 improving some features of portage if it's possible and if it won't hurt
19 anyone?
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Binary release of gentoo Jon Portnoy <avenj@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Binary release of gentoo leahcim@××××××××.com
[gentoo-dev] Re: Binary release of gentoo Peter Simons <simons@××××.to>