Re: [Final comments]Are we losing users to Gentoo?
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 19:01, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Note that to justify a completely distinct architecture instead of
> selective optimization of packages, your results would need to show a
> significant performance *across the board*. I'm dubious that this is
> really what you'll find.
Running an aptable repository of i686 optimised versions of libc6 etc should
not be too difficult. I've been running a repository of SE Linux patched
packages for a while which takes far more work than just a different
optimisation (I have to maintain security-critical patches to the
applications).
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