Once upon a time, Razvan Corneliu C.R. d3vi1 VILT <razvan.vilt@xxxxxxxxxxx> said: > 2) Compile with optimizations. Gentoo was the first one to introduce > this. Instead of coming with the /Fedora/RPMS directory, the > distribution could come only with /SRPMS, or both: if the user has > enough time and patience, he can recompile the system, if not, just > install the i386 binaries. Why? Go read on various lists where this has come up; most actual benchmarks show this makes very little (if any) performance difference. It makes people feel that they are getting a "better" system, but it makes support a nightmare (because now every odd problem has a ton more variables that could be causing it). The few cases where it matters are already covered by shipping a few packages built for multiple architectures or by packages that select code at run-time. The overhead required and maintenance issues make this a bad idea for a widely used system (especially where you get to needing to change rpmbuild and lots of spec files). -- Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
