[arch-general] We need a maintained-by-TU chrome/chromium...

[Christopher Daley]

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 at archlinux.us>wrote:

> hollunder at gmx.at wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:42:40 -0200
>> "Guilherme M. Nogueira" <guilherme at nirev.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Ionut Biru <biru.ionut at 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
>