> Whenever someone rants about Gentoo's processor optimisations > and states some overinflated performance boost such as 10%-20%, all I > can do is make a a feeble rebuttal stating that it's more like (insert > low figure without much solid evidence - e.g.. 5%) with exceptions > such as glibc, X, multimedia applications, mozilla and OpenOffice. So > then they counter that it's still an increase. Ok, so what strengths > does Debian have to make a comeback with? Unlike Gentoo, Debian has > quality assurance and security teams. We have a strict policy and bug > resolution procedures. But they won't listen and still say Gentoo.
It's very depressing that some work just get lost amidst a long thread. http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/software/athlon-debian.html.en States my evil plans. regards, junichi