It is important to remember that this takes a LONG TIME. For the whole of Eclipse for instance, it can take near 20 on a 2GHz machine. That isn't counting Eclipse's dependencies, which are likely to take MUCH longer.
On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 17:02 +0100, Daniel Bonniot wrote: >Dan Weber wrote: >> >> The libraries should be built on the user's machine. This can be done >> via the postinst, and by and a debconf option to turn it off or on. It >> maybe a good idea to come up with a debconf script to automatically add >> it to your postinst. >> >> Dan > >I tend to agree. If we manage to handle this transparently on the user >machine, we will: > > 1) reduce the stress on the autobuilders and the mirrors > 2) avoid confusing users with -native replicates of java packages. > >Daniel > >The Nice programming language: http://nice.sf.net > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]