Op do 17-01-2002, om 11:21 schreef Sylvain OBEGI: > le jeu 17-01-2002 � 10:59, Franki a �crit : > > I was wondering why none on the mainstream distro's do this? > > > > they all want to be the fastest out there, so why not release a distro where > > on the kernel, rpm, and compiler and all depenencies for them are as > > binaries, and everything else is a src.rpm, which with some changes, > > MandrakeUpdate (or the install app) could then compile to source and install > > that... > > > > I know that the differences between i586 and i686 is fairly small > > performance wise right now, but every little bit helps right? and for > > Athlons, which are gaining pretty fast in popularity, the differences would > > be more pronounced wouldn't they? > > > > and the difference in performance would be increased as compilers got better > > at optimised code... > > > > so why isn't anyone significant doing it? is it technically unfeasable?? > > would it make an install take 5 hours? > > You mean.. To compile XFree only, right?
X doesn't take 5 hours. especially if you only build your driver. But still to build a normal install would take significant longer that 5 hours > > > anyone know why its not a popular approach? > > Maybe because it's really slow? It will probably take a night to compile > KDE on most systems.. I don't know if everyone would support installing > a whole distro (how much packages?) in not less than a week. > > Anyway, there is Gentoo.. > > Just my 0.02� :) > > -- > > Sylvain OBEGI > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ : 661913 > >
