Gentoo desktop?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 11:08:01AM -0800, Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote:
> On Jan 21, 2008 10:20 AM, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > So essentially this comes down to having nothing to do with security and
> > trust but simply a change in philosophy away from the idea that everyone
> > should be compiling everything themselves with random options enables
> > along with random compiler flags.  The result is saved time for
> > installing software, better testing (since lots of people will test the
> > same configuration and build), and less waste.
> 
> Gentoo does not offer a binary of every source package, so your
> argument appears moot...

It was about what to do if they were going to do so.  After all I still
believe the fact they don't is one of the fundamental flaws in Gentoo.

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