> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 12:21 +0700, Nickolay Hodyunya wrote: >> Yes, but it seems 0.0.21 is not even released, because there is no >> files to fetch >> from ftp.gimp.org for this version. > > Well, sometimes that happens when you build from trunk (and why it's > usually discouraged).
That is not the only reason it is usually discouraged... the main reason is that the code itself is often broken. By the way, there is a contradiction among a subset of the Gentoo users. They spend a lot of time optimizing their system (sometimes even being irresponsible, using absurd CFLAGS), but at the same time they install the very latest software, while 95% of software gets slower with each release. Using the most recent, untested software often leads to bugs and very often leads to decreased performance. What a rational person would do (in my opinion) is 1) A generally stable (no ~arch) system. 2) A few ~arch packages, where the ~arch versions really have important features, and they outweigh the unreliability. One example would be multimedia software, and perhaps Firefox (3.0 is still ~x86). 3) Zero or very few hardmasked or unkeyworded packages, including cvs software. They are hardmasked for a reason. Of course, some people do have a rational reason to download software from cvs, such as developers of that particular software. -- Software is like sex: it is better when it is free - Linus Torvalds
