Mike Frysinger wrote: > If you have something you'd wish for us to chat about, maybe even > vote on, let us know ! Simply reply to this e-mail for the whole > Gentoo dev list to see. > I appreciate that many will be against this idea, but I'd still like to discuss it: a binary repository for gentoo.
Yes, I know gentoo is a meta-distro. And that there isn't loads of bandwidth. That's easily got round. The main problem I see is USE flags (devs already compile with standard C-flags right?) but I was thinking about standardising for 2 or 3 types of network- SOHO, medium and large enterprise (eg for LDAP etc) would solve most cases. We can always tag pkgs with USE flags. If gentoo is still serious about enterprise adoption, it needs a binary repo (so we can avoid system breakage) which would of course be a little bit behind. I'd be happy to contribute time, as I'm sure many other users would. As to why I don't just do it myself, I think it's a bit silly to duplicate the compile that devs do anyway. There are, after all, other nice things about gentoo besides compiling from source, which would always remain a choice. I'm more interested in practical objections than philosophical debates, but as ever it's your free speech :) -- [email protected] mailing list
