On Thu, 2023-04-27 at 09:58 +0200, Florian Schmaus wrote: > Disk space is cheap.
No, it's not. Gentoo supports more hardware than your average PC with beefy hard drive and/or possibility of installing one. Let's not forget that you need a ::gentoo checkout even on a system running purely on binary packages. Let's not forget that git keeps all history, so every bump of a Go package with large Manifest has a permanent negative impact on clone size. A few version bumps of Go packages can easily outweigh complete history of hundreds of other packages. > Network traffic, while also being cheap, may be more of an issue. Again, you're making assumption based on living in a well-developed area and discriminating against users who have shoddy Internet connectivity. That said, this all was discussed in the past. I really wish you would humble down and try to find a solution that would work for everyone instead of showing arrogance and lack of concern for users outside your "majority" view of Gentoo. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
