Hi,
On 11/14/2017 10:04 AM, Michael Haubenwallner wrote: > Well, Gentoo is a Meta Distribution, and it's binary instantiation usually > does emerge on the users machine(s). So users actually do have their private > binary distribution - either with or without caching the binary packages. > (In my opinion, a binary distribution is little more than a cache for binary > packages, to avoid the need for compilation resources on the target machine.) > > Of course there is chance that users do have identical profile setups (USE > flags, > optimization flags, etc.), which is where OBS (or similar) indeed feels > useful. > > Rather than sharing binary packages, an idea is to share Gentoo user's profile > setups - with the cache for binary packages to be optional (yet powered by > some > open build service). Note that some USE flags disallow binary packaging at > all. > > Wouldn't we gain something like a "Social Linux Distribution Network" then? > > /haubi/ I think that proposal would be awesome to be achieved! I like very much the idea. I'll review that.
