From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20639 invoked by uid 1002); 13 Aug 2003 14:25:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 23397 invoked from network); 13 Aug 2003 14:25:07 -0000 From: Philippe =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lafoucri=E8re?= Reply-To: lafou@wanadoo.fr To: Gentoo-dev In-Reply-To: <1060784410.7503.29.camel@biproc> References: <1060781901.7508.17.camel@biproc> <1060783729.4133.42.camel@vertigo> <1060784410.7503.29.camel@biproc> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Organization: InFuzzion Message-Id: <1060784706.7503.33.camel@biproc> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 13 Aug 2003 16:25:06 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] "Distro Day (Measuring the benefits of the Gentoo approach)" X-Archives-Salt: 25099aa6-fb52-42ef-85a8-6da08410c50e X-Archives-Hash: 76392bc6c73fc4e668581877e49308e2 On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 16:20, Philippe Lafoucrière wrote: > > Proper testing would have yielded different results. Also, there is no > > way to duplicate the results since there is zero information on the > > setup. In any scientific circle, this data would IMMEDIATELY be thrown > > out since it cannot be reproduced. They also had no "control" group. > > It would also have been nice to have seen them test Gentoo (optimized) > > against Gentoo (non-optimized). Testing should have also been done on > > the SAME machine. Not "identical" machines, but the exact same one. > > The reason for this is there is the possibility that hardware could be > > causing a discrepancy in the results. > > > > The "Gentoo Approach" also is not limited to simply optimization, but > > also to the customization and control over your system that a Gentoo > > user gets. > > > > I have found that most Gentoo converts don't even bother to use much > > optimization, but rather enjoy the ease of use and control much more. btw, it seems that they didn't use prelink with gentoo, when it's used by default on mdk :( -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list