[Dovecot] OT - Re: Dovecot 1.1.x and 1.2.x differencies

[Charles Marcus]

On 2010-06-16 11:39 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Yes, but Gentoo isn't supplying binaries. The amount of project
> time/effort to get all those Debian binaries compiled and out the
> door is gargantuan compared to the Gentoo source model.

Ah, forgot about that... its amazing how you get used to the freedom of
a source based system.

The biggest argument against source based installs is they take too
long. On reasonably modern hardware it isn't much of an issue, and even
on older hardware - I mean, really how often do you have to do the
installation? Mine last for many years...

> My point was that building binaries is one of the reasons it takes 
> Debian so long to get a new release out. AFAIK, Gentoo isn't shackled
> with this issue.

Correct, it isn't, and with USE flags, it makes custom compiling (and
recompiling if needs change) with support for *precisely* what you need
extremely easy even for people like me... ;)

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Best regards,

Charles