Re: DebToo: Debian, Gentoo-style
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 11:47:50 -0700 (PDT),
Chris de Vidal <cdevidal@yahoo.com> wrote in message
<< [🔎] 20030826184750.6921.qmail@web40507.mail.yahoo.com>:
>> Volunteers needed!
>> http://debtoo.org
> Arnt Karlsen<arnt@c2i.net wrote
> .."* This website sucks." Toss it in http://validator.w3.org/ ;-)
Thats a great site Arnt I especially like how it tells you what line
is wrong. I added it too my quick links, I will keep it handy for
emailing web masters.
I just have one question for all you folks who like to compile every
single package, what are the benefits? It seems like this site and
review had Debian on top, Debian was only compiled with I386.
Please excuse the long url:
http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=227&page=1
Also Isn't Gentoo starting to introduce binaries of packages to ease
installation? I wonder how the package manager keeps up with the
added stress of keeping track of source as well as binary
applications? What happens if you have the same package from source
and binary? It makes me think that they are adding more complexity to
the system, I wonder how that effects stability? Seems like people
like the idea of compiling their own packages more than the benefit
it will create.
I would like to see more reviews of source distro's vs binary
distro's. I would also like to see a comparison between major
packages, such as KDE, Gnome 2, XFree86, compiled from source vs
binary. I also know that it might be pointless because someone could
compile with all the speed flags while the binary they choose might
be compiled for stability, and a wider user base. Such as was in the
test mentioned above.
I also would like to know how source distro's handle security updates?
Do you have to recompile your application with the new security
patches? Seems Admins wouldn't like this idea, especially if linux
becomes more mainstream, more kiddie scripters take up attacking
linux systems.
Wasn't it mentioned that it would be almost impossible to have a
complete source release of Debian? Seems like it would be a lot of
work, might as well just stick to Gentoo since they have the source
release pretty much covered.
If someone can show a nice chart showing the speed increase compared
to stability of Gentoo vs Debian, I would be more than happy to put
Gentoo on a box.
But I won't hold my breath!
Rthoreau
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