Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 16:50:58 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_output.c Message-ID: <20010313165058.A86712@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <200103140036.f2E0a8v15357@vic.sabbo.net>; from sobomax@FreeBSD.org on Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 02:36:07AM %2B0200 References: <20010313162107.C86088@dragon.nuxi.com> <200103140036.f2E0a8v15357@vic.sabbo.net>
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On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 02:36:07AM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> It's better because:
> 1. People don't trust pre-compiled packages and like compiling by
> themselves.
I already discrited the "macho" reason.
> This also allows to use fancy optimisations like -O100 and
> -fvery-cool-but-expensive-optimisation.
Perhaps you missed the "Unless one is setting tweakable knobs" in my
original reply.
> 2. In the case when small FreeBSD-specific bug found and fixed you will
> not have to re-download the whole thing.
I don't follow you. For the most part, the only thing a port gets from
FreeBSD is shared libs. If you fixed a bug in the port itself, then yes,
you need the distfile.
> 3. It's usually a certain time lag between port update and package
> appearance at ftp*.freebsd.org.
Valid point
> 4. You can compile packages for the several different releases, say
> -current for your notebook, -stable for a production machine 3-stable
> for your grandma etc.
This does not hold with your example. So don't bring up such cases.
Nor are any of these cases ones Paul is mentioning....
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