[mythtv] Packages from source ? (Was: ANNOUNCEMENT: MythTV is moving to Github)

[Simon Kenyon]

On 07/12/2010 00:41, Ed W wrote:
> On 06/12/2010 12:59, Stuart Morgan wrote:
>> On Monday 06 Dec 2010 12:53:35 Simon Kenyon wrote:
>>> On 06/12/2010 00:06, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
>>>> but for a desktop or something like a myth frontend, why bother?
>>>> it's not like different compilation options would make a big
>>>> difference these days
>>> why do people climb mt. everest?
>> People WALK up Everest so they can boast about it afterwards. It might be
>> dangerous but very few climbers consider it to be a challenge any
>> more, just a
>> tourist attraction for the rich and stupid.
>
> I think your analogy is unfair.
>
> How about:
>
> - Why use a knife (gentoo) when there are potato peelers and safety
> razors available?

for what it is worth i have only been using gentoo for many years now

-- 
simon