Compiling isn't that bad. Other than the initial install, compiling is done in a terminal window while you do other things. With today's multi-core CPU's, times aren't bad either.
My last emerge of Firefox:
Wed Aug 2 19:51:26 2023 >>> www-client/firefox-116.0
merge time: 9 minutes and 48 seconds.
Compiling isn't that bad. Other than the initial install, compiling is done in a terminal window while you do other things. With today's multi-core CPU's, times aren't bad either.
My last emerge of Firefox: Wed Aug 2 19:51:26 2023 >>> www-client/firefox-116.0 merge time: 9 minutes and 48 seconds.