> On Dec 25, 2015, at 10:28, Thomas Lübking <thomas.luebk...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Freitag, 25. Dezember 2015 12:42:26 CEST, Milian Wolff wrote: >> >> Sorry, but how is "it takes long to compile" and argument for or against a >> piece of software if there is no feature equivalent alternative that takes >> less time to compile? > > How demanding is it exactly? > Considering Gentoo users, it could be quite a problem if it takes 32GB RAM or > something. > > Cheers, > Thomas
The linking step needs 4GB of RAM, which means it takes 40 minutes of swap-thrashing just to link if you're on a 4GB RAM system that can't dedicate 100% to ld alone (the OS and disk cache need memory too!). I ended up renting an 8GB VPS for a few hours to compile a personally-patched Chromium. But 4GB is not too much in this day and age. My computer is outdated.
