> > I've been pondering on Debian's future more and more, and I've > > wondered if: > > > > 1) The package system could switch on something more source-based. I > > mean, there have been a few discussions on optimizing packages. > > (Debian-i686) On a compile it yourself, the package can hardly be more > > optimized to your computer. > > > So get the source packages then. :-)
> As far as I know, source is available for everything as that is > a requirement for getting into the Debian distribution. > You can download source packages, or get them from a CD vendor. > The source is on a separate cd. I know it's available. Hey, it's GNU/Linux! =) My point is whether we could make this a standard part of apt/dselect/dpkg along with .debs
