From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8413613877A for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2014 10:52:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C5510E0908; Tue, 29 Jul 2014 10:52:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-f176.google.com (mail-ig0-f176.google.com [209.85.213.176]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B1D97E08BE for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2014 10:52:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ig0-f176.google.com with SMTP id hn18so5297308igb.3 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2014 03:52:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=eBOrdoOOMVgxuELbKDbnlPVcKAvKWhMwTIZLw5m5HS8=; b=c7AyqISee47PBTh/QnecEkoP7vTrOLSRD0JW1vk7O1HUlk5vcK5iFVtYHHiFE0CBwZ yU0P0juJFLBpVWAAel6ABp2bPWiIEtLBWLu4UasBLzeUfZ7n6lB7iTopqbF+mNMmNxcF FNLH9v1cpNlR/mZk7OsseZJy8nmw5Psekg/vEHn6/sskFcKqOJ7FVKB7VYFGl0RAFo30 Wn5hirPbssIxEN//UbfIpn9Mxhc1nkfgcQalUh3g9AjxAXdwFbF0i7T52nhaLM1tOLt2 D0K8RpHJlZ02Ku8I23kmxs0eesxwAdtkJYlBMloW9mqFNeX3BkKEBpSMVHyJwYLjIUiZ UXtg== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.56.38 with SMTP id x6mr5420635igp.30.1406631154854; Tue, 29 Jul 2014 03:52:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.107.14.204 with HTTP; Tue, 29 Jul 2014 03:52:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140729112936.06593412@digimed.co.uk> References: <20140729112936.06593412@digimed.co.uk> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:22:34 +0430 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] a question about updating process From: behrouz khosravi To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0158b05e50b46404ff52d663 X-Archives-Salt: 7b04bbbd-95f6-4928-bcb4-0c8ff5baeb3f X-Archives-Hash: 6a8f4cbc0e10e00288c1d0f6630fb3b3 --089e0158b05e50b46404ff52d663 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 well chromium was just an example. I just think that when there is a version upgrade, a patch should be enough. I have read that portage is migrating to git, but I guess I got it wrong, because I thought that the source codes will be maintained using git too. However why not? why not use git for source maintenance too? regards. On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:38:04 +0430, behrouz khosravi wrote: > > > I was trying to emerge chromium and I noticed that it should download > > about 200 Mb, and no wonder cause it is source files, not binary > > executable. However I wanted to know that if a new version of chromium > > comes out, an update will download another 200 Mb or just a diff files > > to patch the altered files ? (I am a new user and I have not > > experienced that situation!) > > It will download the source for the new version, which is generally a > separate tarball, so another 200MB. That's how Gentoo works, with very > few exceptions that source is downloaded and compiled. > > If you want to avoid the large download and lengthy compile time of > chromium, use www-client/google-chrome instead, this is the pre-compiled > binary from Google. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > EMail - garbage at the speed of light. > --089e0158b05e50b46404ff52d663 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
well chromium was just an example. I just think that when = there is a version upgrade, a patch should be enough.
I have read that = portage is migrating to git, but I guess I got it wrong, because I thought = that the source codes will be maintained using git too.
However why not? why not use git for source maintenance too?

regards.


On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Neil Bothwick <ne= il@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
On T= ue, 29 Jul 2014 14:38:04 +0430, behrouz khosravi wrote:

> I was trying to emerge chromium and I noticed that it should download<= br> > about 200 Mb, and no wonder cause it is source files, not binary
> executable. However I wanted to know that if a new version of chromium=
> comes out, an update will download another 200 Mb or just a diff files=
> to patch the altered files ? (I am a new user and I have not
> experienced that situation!)

It will download the source for the new version, which is gener= ally a
separate tarball, so another 200MB. That's how Gentoo works, with very<= br> few exceptions that source is downloaded and compiled.

If you want to avoid the large download and lengthy compile time of
chromium, use www-client/google-chrome instead, this is the pre-compiled binary from Google.


--
Neil Bothwick

EMail - garbage at the speed of light.

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