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At the momemt I am creating ebuilds for my favoutite stuff. When |
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packaging Java packages though, should I compile them from source |
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always? I noticed Ant (dev-java/ant) is an example such a package. It |
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seems to me, that there is little point in compiling most Java items if |
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a binary is already available in a timely and reliable manner (meaning a |
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binary build comes out at the approximate same time the new source |
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release does). |
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So might this be the rule of thumb: If some Java application/binary is |
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already available from the authors site in both binary and source form, |
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and the author provides a binary build frequently and reliably, then use |
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the binary from the ebuild? |
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Thanks, |
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Matt |