Portage has supported binary packages since forever, back in 2012 I had some binary packages on my system, I clearly remember because it was a pain in the ass to compile certain things, for those I installed the binary version. It’s like Debian supporting source packages, it’s been there since forever but people don’t know about it.
The point is that they have recently focused on better binary package availability. Sure they always had support for binary packages but most software needed to be compiled.
Pacmanlives@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Huh?
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Portage has supported binary packages since forever, back in 2012 I had some binary packages on my system, I clearly remember because it was a pain in the ass to compile certain things, for those I installed the binary version. It’s like Debian supporting source packages, it’s been there since forever but people don’t know about it.
TMP_NKcYUEoM7kXg4qYe@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The point is that they have recently focused on better binary package availability. Sure they always had support for binary packages but most software needed to be compiled.
Pacmanlives@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I mean it’s had -k/-K since mid 2000s from what I remember but it’s changed
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