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On 2017-06-22 08:27, Alexey Eschenko <skobkin-ru@××.ru> wrote: |
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> For me it was a *slightly* less quicker start. Which I think don't means |
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> much when speaking about browser. |
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> On 06/22/2017 11:09 AM, Danny YUE wrote: |
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>> On 2017-06-22 07:43, Rasmus Thomsen <Rasmus.thomsen@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> I'm using firefox-bin ( and libreoffice-bin ) on my laptop and I didn't have problems with either of them |
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>>> Regards, |
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>>> Rasmus |
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>>> -------- Original Message -------- |
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>>> On 22 Jun 2017, 09:34, Danny YUE wrote: |
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>>> On 2017-06-22 07:23, Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov wrote: |
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>>>>> Does anyone knows why? Any idea? |
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>>>> The reason is in that fact, that many of it's components are in rust. |
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>>>> And since it was possible to dodge it until now, maintainers considered it is |
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>>>> not a way since now. |
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>>>> And, by the way, it is not that many time to build rust, as you think: |
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>>>>> Thu Jun 22 12:34:00 2017 >>> dev-lang/rust-1.16.0 |
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>>>>> merge time: 1 hour, 48 minutes. |
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>>>> Than was on 1.9GHz with hardly limited portage (MAKEOPTS="-j5 -l2", |
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>>>> NICENESS=18, ionice -c3, and cgroupped on cpu shares and ram). |
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>>>> So, ~20 mins would be enough on non-limited portage and full power of that i7. |
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>>> Thank you all for replying. |
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>>> So it can be around 30~40 minutes or so on my i5 machine. |
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>>> Just it feels strange to install something large that I would probably |
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>>> never use myself. |
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>>> I am considering using binary package instead of compiling it myself. |
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>>> But I am afraid that using firefox-bin package would cause some |
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>>> dependency problem. I once tried libreoffice-bin, but found it really |
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>>> painful to resolve dependency issues during system upgrading. |
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>>> Anyone tried firefox-bin smoothly? |
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>>> Danny |
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>>> @mva.name> |
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>> Well, I ran into the same problem with libreoffice-bin *last time*, as |
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>> Alexey. |
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>> It seems that version number of libreoffice-bin is always smaller than |
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>> libreoffice. So dependency issue is always a problem with it. |
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>> I noticed firefox-bin only has *usual* packages as dependencies... |
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>> By the way what is the difference between compiled and binary firefox |
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>> from a user's perspective? |
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>> P.S. Someone told me that people in this list do not like top-posting. |
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>> Thanks. |
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>> Danny |
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I agree. |
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Anyway I just start my Emacs and Firefox and keep them open until system |
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shutdown. |
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I just installed firefox-bin and did not feel any difference. |
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I will try to compile firefox just for curiosity. |
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Thank you all. |
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Danny |
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