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On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:58:22 +0000 |
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James Broadhead <jamesbroadhead@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 20 November 2011 18:32, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> > On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:07:33 -0500, Michael Mol wrote: |
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> > > Ok, then I'll narrow my guess to the size required being |
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> > > dependent on USE flag combinations. |
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> > Also CFLAGS and architecture, to a lesser extent. |
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> Seeing as the ebuild is 'aware' of CFLAGS and USE, it would be nice |
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> if it would use that information (roughly) to determine how much |
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> space to check for. |
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> 4-9GiB is a pretty wide range. |
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If the maintainer implemented that, he'd be promptly inundated with all |
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manner of support question none of which he can answer accurately. |
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A slight mis-measurement on how much space a specific setup needs |
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results in a failed build, or a build that won't start or any amount of |
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other craziness. |
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Read the maintainer's blog sometime (it's on the gentoo.org frontpage) |
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to get a sense of what it takes to maintain that bitch of a project. |
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Something as simple as figuring out what packages LibreOffice bundles |
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and making the ebuild use the system one instead is a mammoth task. |
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Don't forget that every little tweak is 2 hours of building just to |
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test if it builds. Then one has to test if it works.... |
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I'm not surprised the OOo and LibreOffice ebuilds take the easy route - |
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figure out by enabling everything the maximum amount of free space OOo |
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ould possibly need to build, then insist the build host has at least |
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that much free. Heck, I'd do exactly the same. |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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