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Re: [tlug] [OT] plonk [Re: Classes]



On 05/29/2012 08:38 PM, Attila Kinali wrote:
On Tue, 29 May 2012 09:50:49 +0900
Edward Middleton<edward.middleton@example.com>  wrote:

Yes, as stated in my other post[1], I find it takes a lot less time then
building either rpm or debian packages, and I find my ebuilds tend to be
more robust then the equivalent rpm or deb.

I regularly compile stuff myself, but i hardly ever build packages.
Mostly because i think it's unnecessary overhead and second because
stow is enough for those cases i really need bleeding edge stuff.

Packages make great executable documentation about how you compiled and installed a piece of software. This is something you want when you have to reinstall, upgrade to a new system or when something upgraded on the system breaks the software you installed. You could document what you did but thats usually more effort.

Edward


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