Bug#241343: ITP: apt-gentoo -- enhanced package installation
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : apt-gentoo
Version : 0.0.1
* URL : http://www-jcsu.jesus.cam.ac.uk/~mma29/apt-gentoo/
* License : GPL version 2 or above
Description : enhanced package installation
apt-gentoo enhances the Debian package installation experience to make
it fully competitive with newly-popular source-based distributions.
As packages are installed, apt-gentoo automatically downloads their
build logs from the buildd network. The logs are then slowly scrolled
past on the user's terminal to simulate building the software on the
local machine.
apt-gentoo optionally, and by default, gives increased realism by
spinning the CPU in a tight loop between build log lines, and writing
large files to disk.
An additional utility apt-gentoo-benchmark is included to tune the
delay loops for your hardware by finding the length of time taken by
typical compiler and linker runs. (On slow or low-memory hardware we
recommend leaving these values at their defaults.)
A preliminary package of apt-gentoo is available at
http://www-jcsu.jesus.cam.ac.uk/~mma29/apt-gentoo/
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