On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 18:13 -0600, Dale wrote: > Florian Philipp wrote: > > > > Okay, here it goes: > > > > I think we could need a better support for binary packages. > > There was a thread in here a few months ago about how to offer binary > > packages for customers. As far as I remember the problem was (and still > > is) that there is no easy way to check the packages for corruption > > (trojans, stuff like that). > > > > I know some things are only available as a binary but Gentoo is about > compiling your own packages. Binaries are for Redhat, Mandrake and > such. I moved away from that for good reason. >
As far as I know Gentoo is all about choice. Shouldn't the user have the choice to use binary packages? Maybe his/her laptop doesn't stand the thermal output of its CPU when emerging or maybe he/she's the administrator of a large company's network, trying to move every computer system to Gentoo. If you want Gentoo to grow and prosper, you must accept that there are people who don't want or are not able to compile every piece of software but still want to use Gentoo. Just my two cents. -Florian Philipp
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