[gentoo-dev] Proposition for stage3.

[Dan Naumov <jago@telefragged.com>]

Hello.

I just thought I'd share an idea I had about stage3. I think it would be 
nice if it was usable for systems older then i686 and if it used -O1 or 
-O2 instead of -O3. The reasons are simple:

The majority of the people who actually want to use stage3 do so because 
of the time it takes to build the ENTIRE system from scratch. This 
mainly applies to old PC's, which are obviously older then i686. I've 
seen quite a few people on #gentoo complain that it is a major pain in 
the ass to install Gentoo on an old system.

As for -O1 / -O2 instead of the default -O3, it's just that some people 
want to be "safe". I've had all kinds of weirnesses and unexplainable 
crashes due to software compiled with -O3 and no other optimisations. 
These problems always went away after a recompile with -O2. And I am 
pretty sure I am not the only one who thinks that way, because many 
people I know got "burned" when utilising heavy opts.

Sincerely,
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