Is there any chance of the -bin (precompiled) versions being hosted once an official release is made? I guess there's little reason for it as they're so easy to "compile" yourself, but it would simplify upgrading/maintenance for a number of users. I don't see google moving away from their custom build utilities any time soon, so unless someone forks chromium we're probably not going to get that a simplified build process. On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Daniel J Griffiths <ghost1227@archlinux.us>wrote:
hollunder@gmx.at wrote:
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:42:40 -0200 "Guilherme M. Nogueira" <guilherme@nirev.org> wrote:
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Ionut Biru <biru.ionut@gmail.com> wrote:
now is not the time. chromium doesn't have a stable release yet and the build process kinda suck. 10gb space for compiling chromium is something that cannot be forgot :)
-- Ionut
WOW! Really?! I had no idea compiling chromium needed that much space.
One reason why I like Arch: It's easy to stay close to upstream, to work with them, and to kick butt if necessary.
Regards, Philipp
I agree that we should have a TU-maintained build of chrome/chromium, but as Ionut pointed out the current build process is a little ridiculous. Once it has stabilized and matured a little bit more I will be happy to maintain it. My wife uses it religiously so I have a good incentive to keep it clean and current. :P