On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 at 07:28, Thomas Trepl via blfs-dev < [email protected]> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 01.11.2018, 14:47 -0400 schrieb Jean-Marc Pigeon > via blfs-dev: > > Hello, > > > > ... > > > > Well... as there is countries flags in "svg" format you > > need librsvg, right.... > > > > librsvg need cargo (according designer, to be able to > > easily set the compilation debug flag (?)), and cargo > > is embedded with rustc... > > > > Wohhh... I have seen Email with a subject as "I hate rustc"..... > > > > Lets figure this out. > > #metoo, "I hate rustc". > > - 2 Build, hours apart won't give the same result, event > > if it is the same version number. > > - As package is huge (2Gig), compilation time is out > > of control. > > - No way to compile without being on the net. > > - Its a "package deal" coming with own basic libraries set > > (doubling the bugs surface) > > - RPM file is near 600 Megs.... > > (600 Megs for a compiler???, some time ago, I designed a > > YACC parser in UCSD-pascal, within the Apple-II 64kbyte memory, > > and it was able to compile its own YACC definition and rebuild > > itself..., come on, 600 Megs for compiler...). > > - Rustc project seems to be a biological chimera between > > C (language) and modula2 (units implementation and > > standardization) > > - I wonder if rustc is an experimentation or a "coding bad trip". > > > > I (strongly) think rustc should be outcasted From Linux From Scratch. > > > > ... > > > I have never updated librsvg beyond 2.40.20, so no rustc on my > systems. X11/Xfce works well so far. Ok, i also do not install firefox > (systems are mainly servers) and i'm looking for alternatives. > Does firefox *require* newer versions of librsvg or is it just because > we have newer versions in book? > > Currently looking at Vivaldi - a chromium based browser. But source > tarball is 1GB in size - so my hope for something lightweight is > rather small. > In addition, Vivaldi is proprietary "freeware" and not FLOSS. Richard
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