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On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 11:51:54AM -0600, Dustin C. Hatch wrote |
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> The package defaults have gotten out of hand, in my opinion. I use |
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> default/linux/amd64/10.0 on all my machines and my |
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> /etc/portage/package.use directories have dozens of -flag entries for |
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> packages with ridiculous defaults, and almost none that come from the |
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> profile. I'm considering removing pkginternal from USE_ORDER. |
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Have you heard the old joke about how an elephant is actually a mouse |
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designed by a committee? The same thing applies to distro bloat. Some |
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people want feature A, others want feature B, and others want feature C. |
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The final result is a distro with features A *AND* B *AND* C. I was |
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originally drawn to Gentoo with the "Gentoo Ricer" atitude. But now |
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it's the fine-grained control of USE flags that makes me stay with |
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Gentoo. |
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I think we may have to admit that "one size does not fit all". There |
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are just too many individual scenarios. A truly minimal build should be |
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sufficient to boot to a text console, and have networking and portage to |
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be able to build further up the chain. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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