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On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 1:02 PM M. J. Everitt <m.j.everitt@×××.org> wrote: |
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> If you can really present a decent argument for replicating the |
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> functionality of other distros like Debian, Arch, Ubuntu etc then let's |
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> here it. For now, the strength of Gentoo is being able to fully customise a |
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> system to your own requirements, not being trapped by some distro |
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> maintainer's arbitrary choices. Play to your USP's and strengths rather |
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> than chasing rainbows .. |
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Why do we support binary packages at all? Simple: compiling packages |
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is expensive, and if you happen to already have them compiled, fully |
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customized to your own requirements, then there is no point in |
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recompiling them. You're just spending a ton of resources to build |
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the exact same files you already have. |
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The only change I'm suggesting is that portage could take all the |
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configuration you're already supplying, and then optionally go see if |
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somebody you trust has already built the package that meets your |
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requirements. If so, then it would be downloaded and installed, |
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otherwise it would just compile from source. |
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You get the exact same files installed on your system either way. |
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Rich |