Todd Walton wrote:
A couple of days ago I installed GnuCash, so I thought that'd be a
nice test. I recompiled it just now. A simple command: 'emerge
gnucash' (though I put 'time' before it). It took 28 minutes and 25
seconds. Is that really so bad? When's the last time you decided you
needed GnuCash and damn it all you need it NOW! Or any package?
Anything that's going to take much longer than that will have a
precompiled binary available.
I don't know about others, but that happens to me all the time.
I'm forever installing random crap I hear about on webpages, in
magazines, etc. If I had to wait 28 minutes (or even 10 minutes) to play
with them, it'd be a lot less fun.
I can't give a fair comparison of apt to portage, since I'm really not
familiar with apt. I've heard it's great. But I definitely don't see
what people have against portage.
I personally don't have anything against it, it's just (like Red Hat),
it's not my cup of tea.
-ajb
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