Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: FEATURES="binchecks strip" for plain file packages e.g. latex, perl, python

[Diego Elio Pettenò]

As Michał said.

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On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:

> Dnia 2013-09-20, o godz. 19:58:51
> "Justin (jlec)" <jlec@g.o> napisał(a):
>
> > what is your opinion to set
> >
> > FEATURES="binchecks strip"
> >
> > for all those packages which purely install files. For example python
> > package only installing scripts, or perl packages or latex. There might
> > be more.
>
> Not worth the effort, and definitely not worth the confusion it will
> introduce (why there's FEATURES=strip here? does it install weird
> executables under some circumstances? did it so in the past and someone
> forgot to drop it?).
>
> In other words, it's awful overuse of RESTRICT for pseudo-optimization.
> RESTRICT is to restrict features when the package can't handle it. It's
> not for skipping no-ops in the name of supposed performance gain.
>
> If you really want to play like this, show us some benchmarks. Prove
> that it gains anything. Because as far as I can see, this is nowhere
> near a bottleneck for ebuild installs. Unless you can prove it's a real
> gain, a strong 'don't do it' from me.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Michał Górny
>