> So your question effectively boils down to "why do people need to compile their own software?".
No, the question is why a package would need to decide for its users that the package and its dependencies must be installed the gentoo way. That's quite obviously different from why an end user would decide to install from source despite the availability of binary packages.
No, the question is why a package would need to decide for its users that the package and its dependencies must be installed the gentoo way. That's quite obviously different from why an end user would decide to install from source despite the availability of binary packages.