Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 14:52:25 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: nikitastepanov113@yandex.ru Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports are faster than packages? Message-ID: <20200622145225.3799de459aebc076a8dbdea6@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <1592833182.722746222@f403.i.mail.ru> References: <1592833182.722746222@f403.i.mail.ru>
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On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:39:42 +0300 nikitastepanov113@yandex.ru wrote: > Ports are faster than packages? Unless you have a very very fast build server and a slow connection to the world packages will generally be faster to install and maintain. The bigger the package the more true this is - things like Gnome, KDE, Firefox, LibreOffice take a lot of time and resources to build these days. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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