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On 12/28/2015 07:33 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Dec 2015 21:24:14 +0300 [email protected] wrote:
> 
>> I’m suffering from the fact that users can distinguish packages
>> containing binaries just by eye. There is no mechanism to
>> allow/ignore such packages. For license restrictions we have
>> ‘package.license/’ whitelist.
>> 

..

> 
> And you already covered here how different the notion of 'binary'
> (or rather, 'pre-built') can be. There could be pre-built stuff
> that is arch-specific or otherwise of limited portability. There
> could be pre-built stuff that is portable. There could be pre-built
> stuff whose rebuilding isn't really meaningful at all.

Sure it is, at least a reproducable build in order to compare and
ensure no malware being installed. I'm reading this more from a
security point of view than performance, and the question makes
perfect sense.

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