On 08/09/03 11:20:13, Buchan Milne wrote:
Forget about the performance aspects for a moment, since they are mostly irrelevant, but the package management aspects may be ...
There is no concrete evidence that gentoo performs faster than other distros, exept perhaps for a handfull of multimedia applications. In fact, over-optimization often slows down the code:
http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=227&page=1
If you forget about the "optimisation" arguments, and think about the time-saving and customisation aspects, I think a tool like Portage for rpm/urpmi would be useful. Just think, we may never see complaints about cooker packages not working on a stable release again!
It would be an amazing feature. The only two tricky parts would be:
1. making it 'intelligent' enough to only upgrade the necessary libraries, and not break other packages depending on them
2. extra work for already over-taxed packagers to keep things rebuilding on older/stable versions
Austin
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