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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