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On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 18:13 -0600, Dale wrote: |
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> Florian Philipp wrote: |
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> > Okay, here it goes: |
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> > I think we could need a better support for binary packages. |
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> > There was a thread in here a few months ago about how to offer binary |
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> > packages for customers. As far as I remember the problem was (and still |
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> > is) that there is no easy way to check the packages for corruption |
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> > (trojans, stuff like that). |
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> I know some things are only available as a binary but Gentoo is about |
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> compiling your own packages. Binaries are for Redhat, Mandrake and |
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> such. I moved away from that for good reason. |
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As far as I know Gentoo is all about choice. Shouldn't the user have the |
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choice to use binary packages? Maybe his/her laptop doesn't stand the |
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thermal output of its CPU when emerging or maybe he/she's the |
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administrator of a large company's network, trying to move every |
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computer system to Gentoo. |
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If you want Gentoo to grow and prosper, you must accept that there are |
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people who don't want or are not able to compile every piece of software |
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but still want to use Gentoo. |
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Just my two cents. |
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-Florian Philipp |
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