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On 13/12/2007, Brian <bri@brianwhalen.net> wrote:
> I just wonder if you asked the general population, whether they'd rather
> have ports or packages, I bet most would vote for packages, aside from
> those that actually like watching the compilation output fly by.

I do like to watch it but in addition I always like to compile my own
binaries etc. rather than using something thats precompiled and
limited to how the compiler compiled it.

Chris