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On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 16:20, Philippe Lafoucrière wrote: |
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> > Proper testing would have yielded different results. Also, there is no |
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> > way to duplicate the results since there is zero information on the |
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> > setup. In any scientific circle, this data would IMMEDIATELY be thrown |
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> > out since it cannot be reproduced. They also had no "control" group. |
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> > It would also have been nice to have seen them test Gentoo (optimized) |
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> > against Gentoo (non-optimized). Testing should have also been done on |
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> > the SAME machine. Not "identical" machines, but the exact same one. |
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> > The reason for this is there is the possibility that hardware could be |
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> > causing a discrepancy in the results. |
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> > The "Gentoo Approach" also is not limited to simply optimization, but |
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> > also to the customization and control over your system that a Gentoo |
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> > user gets. |
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> > I have found that most Gentoo converts don't even bother to use much |
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> > optimization, but rather enjoy the ease of use and control much more. |
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btw, it seems that they didn't use prelink with gentoo, when it's used by default on mdk :( |
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