The KDE split-ebuild HOWTO has a lengthy defense of the new approach,
incl some discussion of the relative times taken.
My experience may be of interest ( Athlon 2500+ , 512 MB DDR ):
KDE 3.3.2 : kdelibs base graphics artwork edu utils games : 4 h 32 m .
KDE 3.4.1 : kdelibs startkde+16 kicker konsole libkdegames kmahjongg
kcalc kghostview kjots klipper konqueror+2 kshisen ksnapshot
ksokoban ksysguard kview kappfinder katomic kcharselect
khexedit kiconedit kig kmenuedit kmplot kolourpaint kpdf
kregexpeditor kruler ksnake kstars+1 kgoldrunner kedit :
3 h 37 m (calculated using OO Calc & /var/log/emerge.log ).
I don't use Kmail or multimedia.
My 1 surprise was that Kicker & Konsole are not included
in the get-started package Kdebase-startkde ,
while Kdm -- which I don't use -- is included (incl password stuff).
My conclusion is that the new approach is a definite improvement.
Thanks as always to the devs for their volunteer efforts.
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