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On 2022-05-12, Mansour Al Akeel <mansour.alakeel@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Thank you for your response. The idea of "getting harder and harder" |
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> is hard to accept. Gentoo has always been about having choices. |
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It is. You can choose to avoid Rust if you want. |
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> Firefox requires rust, but is there a way to disable this? |
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No. |
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> There must be another way to let the user decide if they need it or not! |
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If you need Firefox, you need rust. |
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> And yes, the compile time is one of the factors in not wanting it on |
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> my system. |
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rust-bin solves that problem. |
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> The second factor is a natural reaction toward feeling that I am |
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> forced to have it. Another reason is the growing collection of |
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> compilers and development tools and their build time (gcc, |
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> bin-utils, llvm, clang ... etc.) and now rust. |
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> Firefox itself takes a lot of time to build, and if rust is a must |
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> have, then maybe it is time for me to look into something else. I know |
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> there's firefox-bin, and if it doesn't need rust, then maybe it is an |
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> option. |
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Firefox-bin does not require rust. |
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