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Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> If you have something you'd wish for us to chat about, maybe even |
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> vote on, let us know ! Simply reply to this e-mail for the whole |
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> Gentoo dev list to see. |
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I appreciate that many will be against this idea, but I'd still like to |
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discuss it: a binary repository for gentoo. |
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Yes, I know gentoo is a meta-distro. And that there isn't loads of bandwidth. |
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That's easily got round. The main problem I see is USE flags (devs already |
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compile with standard C-flags right?) but I was thinking about standardising |
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for 2 or 3 types of network- SOHO, medium and large enterprise (eg for LDAP |
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etc) would solve most cases. We can always tag pkgs with USE flags. |
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If gentoo is still serious about enterprise adoption, it needs a binary repo |
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(so we can avoid system breakage) which would of course be a little bit |
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behind. I'd be happy to contribute time, as I'm sure many other users would. |
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As to why I don't just do it myself, I think it's a bit silly to duplicate the |
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compile that devs do anyway. |
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There are, after all, other nice things about gentoo besides compiling from |
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source, which would always remain a choice. |
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I'm more interested in practical objections than philosophical debates, but as |
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ever it's your free speech :) |
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