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From: Jon Portnoy <avenj@g.o>
To: Matt Thrailkill <xwred1@×××××××××.net>
Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o, jmorgan@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Weekly News Letter - "Where is Gentoo Linux 1.4"
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 00:29:46
Message-Id: 20030625002943.GA25581@cerberus.oppresses.us
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Weekly News Letter - "Where is Gentoo Linux 1.4" by Matt Thrailkill
1 On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 04:26:32PM -0700, Matt Thrailkill wrote:
2 > What combination of use flags do the GRPs use? The ones that would be in the default make.conf upon installation of v1.4? Different ones depending on the whims of the maintainer of that GRP app? If the former... then use those flags on all the prebuilt bzip2s. Make it so I can give up the bleeding edge on something for the ability to have a working app without waiting an hour to compile :)
3 >
4 > On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 14:08:07 +0200
5 > Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o> wrote:
6 >
7 > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 03:16:03AM -0700, Matt Thrailkill wrote:
8 > > > Why not go all the way and have prebuilt bzips for all the apps that come
9 > > > with a release? That'd be really nifty. Too much server space?
10 > >
11 > > This is almost impossible, due to the many combinations of tools with respect
12 > > to USE-flag settings. The GRPs are made so that the users are able to have a
13 > > working desktop so that they don't have to wait 2 days before having a
14 > > functional KDE :)
15 > >
16 > > Wkr,
17 > > Sven Vermeulen
18 >
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22 As far as I know, default flags are used.
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24 CC'ing jmorgan, who is managing GRP.
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