Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's advantage: "optimized for your system" -- huh?
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:12:41
Message-Id: 20090204140651.7786f07c@krikkit
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's advantage: "optimized for your system" -- huh? by Momesso Andrea
1 On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:31:26 +0100, Momesso Andrea wrote:
2
3 > Sure, I've used per-package optimizations myself in some particular
4 > cases, but that's not the point.
5 >
6 > A package manteiner *should* know better than an average user which
7 > optimizations will tune better their own package.
8
9 But the user knows their own needs and system better. If the user is
10 using -Os, it is reasonable to assume they have a reason for doing so
11 and not override it. The only time ebuilds should override user CFLAGS is
12 when the build is known to fail with certain settings.
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16 Neil Bothwick
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18 Top Oxymorons Number 36: Alone together

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