[cod] Some feedback on 1.41d

[Ryan C. Gordon]

> Gentoo out performs anything, anyway, any day, anyhow.  I would LOVE to 
> switch over to it but our stupid server company has us on a contract to 
> us RHE, and I hate it with a dying passion.

I ask this as a user of Gentoo myself...

Has anyone actually ever benchmarked a Gentoo system to decide that the
final result is actually faster?

And if so, what is the metric for that?

I really like portage, but I tend to roll my eyes when the "it's way
more optimized than those binary-only distros!" platitudes start flying.

--ryan.