On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 12:11:42AM +0100, Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> Gary Kline pí?e v út 20. 03. 2007 v 21:05 -0800:
>
> > How about this idea for integrating into a new ports/package
> > project: say for people with a fast I686 who wanted -O3 and -pipe
> > and wanted his packages built remotely rather than his own
> > computer. Would be be posssible to build a package, custom
> > (according to one's /etc/make.conf) on FreeBSD's servers, then
> > fetch the *tgz package back? Kernels, and worlds would reside
> > on the remote server for only a few hours before being
> > automatically cleansed. This would be super for everything from
> > a i486-166MHz with 32Megs that was serving mail *only*, a slow
> > to moderate i686, or even an AMD 2800. Building locally is
> > sometimes the only way. But if users have slower servers and
> > there are no current packages (i386), why not let the builds be
> > queued?
>
> Just so you know, existing "FreeBSD's servers", as you put it, are
> Pentium III blades clocked at 700 MHz.
>
> And we tend to keep them rather busy.
700MHz is my faster FBSD box; I've begun tuning all my boxen, but
this one is still slow after 6 years. Maybe it's time to upgrade
some of the P3's to P4's... ?? Ask the user community for
donations, hmm?
On -questions recently someone said that he didn't think it was
a matter of compute power, but manpower. I think both are
essential.
>
> --
> Pav Lucistnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Why do we need a film of "Lord of the Rings" when we have the book?
> Because watching a cg enhanced Legolas fire a flaming arrow
> into the heart of a warg is cool?
> - [EMAIL PROTECTED] in rec.games.roguelike.angband
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Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix
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