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On 2/23/11 2:22 AM, Angelo Arrifano wrote: |
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> IMHO, that's a very good point. I just inserted a paragraph saying just |
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> that. Please everyone concerned have a look. |
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> http://dev.gentoo.org/~miknix/about.xml |
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I'd suggest to remove this part: "Gentoo's package manager provides |
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everything you would expect and more - like the ability to apply custom |
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patches and customize the compilation flags. Customizing compilation |
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flags to match your hardware can slightly decrease memory usage and |
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execution times of your system, nonetheless it is debatable if longer |
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install times are actually worth the small speed improvements they |
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provide. Compilation time isn't usually a problem for modern hardware, |
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since it can compile regular software in a few minutes. For bigger |
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software like openoffice, we also provide binary packages so you don't |
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have to spend hours compiling it :)" (especially the smiley). |
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Instead of custom patches (which most of people don't apply anyway I |
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think) and custom CFLAGS (easy way to hose the system), how about |
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emphasizing more flexible dependencies? Say that because we build from |
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source, we can enable or disable package's optional dependencies, and |
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put the user in control. |
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Also, the style still is a bit ugly, i.e. the distance between the |
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questions and the answers. |
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