On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:42:52 +0100, Jim Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 21, 09:56, Paul Johnson wrote: > > WARNING: Unsanitized content follows. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > "Philippe Dhont (Sea-ro)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Is there a possibility to use "USE FLAGS" like in gentoo ? > > > > No. We're not ricers. http://www.funroll-loops.org/ > > Speak for your self I find Gentoo is great for my mid-life crisis. ;-) > > > > > This would be very easy to install new software. > > > > Apt isn't good enough for you? > > It is alright but there is always room for improvement, I think emerge > has the edge as a packet management tool. ;-P
During the early days of the Debian project, the members then did consider going source-based: provide the upstream source and a debianized patch afterwhich the users would compile it themselves.But later on they did realize that a binary distribution would be more maintainable. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
