portage vs yum

[Thufir]

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:32:47 +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote:

>> spec:Requires/BuildRequires...) Therefore I can't see that ebuilds are
>> looser integrated.
> 
> It isn't the ebuilds per se that are less integrated, but the gentoo
> packaging.

Perhaps my last post in the topic!   :)

to clarify:

gentoo:
loose integration
greater quantity of packages

fedora:
tight integration
lesser quantity of packages

However, if it's about the same quantity of labor to create an e-build as 
to create an RPM, I'm not sure *why* the quantity of ebuilds is greater...

So, isn't some form of, perhaps, tightly integrated build-from source 
type packaging, the best of both worlds?  (binaries for GNOME, and so 
forth, at request a la sabayon.)


-Thufir