Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2015 04:43:25 -0600 From: Elizabeth Myers <elizabeth@interlinked.me> To: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Selecting at least one option out of multiple groups Message-ID: <54CE034D.6030502@interlinked.me> In-Reply-To: <CACdU%2Bf8cQPxJPKmuUUcEunO2zsaiLCy0P9Z695iD7GxjkozZ_g@mail.gmail.com> References: <54C8AC60.3080200@interlinked.me> <CACdU%2Bf8cQPxJPKmuUUcEunO2zsaiLCy0P9Z695iD7GxjkozZ_g@mail.gmail.com>
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On 02/01/15 00:55, Scot Hetzel wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 3:31 AM, Elizabeth Myers > <elizabeth@interlinked.me> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am porting a piece of software (purple-plugin-pack) to FreeBSD. It >> contains numerous plugins for Pidgin all under one pack (over 50). They > > Is this going to be one port that installs over 50 plugins (based on > what is selected), or is it going to be over 50+1 ports? I was thinking one port, since they come as a pack, and the idea of adding over 50 ports to the tree is... well, that's 50 ports I'd have to submit. That's quite an undertaking. > +1 port (pidgin-purple-plugin-pack) [meta-port (see x11/kde4 for an example)] > - allows you to select which purple plugins to install (depends on > selected pidgin-purple-plugin-* ports) If there's a meta port, I guess it wouldn't matter if no plugins were selected by it? I still think it'd be ideal to categorise them in the meta port, at least by protocol/general use. > over 50 ports > - individual port for each plugin (i.e. > graphics/pidgin-purple-plugin-album > net-im/pidgin-purple-plugin-autoprofile > net-im/pidgin-purple-plugin-autoreply > net-im/pidgin-purple-plugin-awaynotify > shells/pidgin-purple-plugin-bash > ...) > - allows individual plugins to be installed/de-installed without > having to re-install the purple-plugin-pack This is definitely appealing, I will admit. > If you go the over 50+1 ports route, each port could have it's own > option settings. So far none of the plugins in the pack have their own option settings, as far as I can tell. This does leave open the possibility, though. -- Cheers, Elizabeth Myers
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