Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > <SNIP> > >> Hence the question, should this be a default option? I'm not the only >> one that has ran into this. >> >> Dale >> > > Maybe it's a forest for trees thing but it's in the man page and shows > up early in Gentoo Portage documentation: > > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/doc/faq.xml > > I don't think it's required for all folks so I don't think it should > be default. It does result in longer emerge cycles as it grabs and > builds more code on average. Many folks might not want that. > > Just my thoughts, > Mark > > >
It's sort of funny in a way. I hardly ever go to the Gentoo website. I follow this list and -dev and learn that way. I sync usually each Friday or Saturday and usually by the time I get the packages downloaded over my slow dial-up, if there are any problems with something it will be on the list by then. I do on occasion search the forums. I'm going through the qt blockages now but I still have a lot to download yet. That qt-core package is huge. Almost like OOo. Then there are the brothers, sisters and children of that thing to go with it. I need broadband something awful. I don't think sticking a stick of dynamite under AT&T would do any good at all either Dale :-) :-)
