Re: [gentoo-dev] Binary release of gentoo

[Cedric Veilleux <cedric@neopeak.com>]

> > I thought it was called Debian? ;o)
> >
> > Or perhaps, "I'd eat meat, if only it were vegetarian"
> >
> > Seriously though, I don't see the point, unless you want to sell more
> > T-Shirts, there are a plethora of good binary distributions of linux out
> > there already and all the downsides you list are what, imo, define
> > Gentoo.
> >
> > I'd prefer to see gentoo improved as a source-based distribution
>
> Ditto. There is no point to a binary version of Gentoo. If you want that
> then as Michael said just use Debian.


I don't agree. Gentoo already supports binary packages anyways (emerge -b / 
emerge -k). We're only talking about improving it AFAIK.. What's wrong with 
improving some features of portage if it's possible and if it won't hurt 
anyone?



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