Re: Are we losing users to Gentoo?

[Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>]

> 	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