Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:43:10 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Khairil Yusof <kaeru@streamyx.com> Cc: python@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libxml2 python subport Message-ID: <1074102190.774.17.camel@gyros> In-Reply-To: <20040114155101.GA35788@streamyx.com> References: <20040114155101.GA35788@streamyx.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 10:51, Khairil Yusof wrote: > Some Zope ports, require libxml2 python bindings for python 2.1. > > Currently with libxml2, you can only have a package with one version > only (specified at runtime). > > bsd.python.mk, and most python ports, already support having multiple > versions with the same origin. eg. py21-foo, py23-foo with PKG_PREFIX > > Looking in the ports tree, I see that databases/py-PyGreSQL solves this > problem by being a subport of datbases/postgresql7 > > I'm thinking of making a subport textproc/py-libxml2, so that instead > of a WITH_PYTHON knob, users can just build the libxml2 python package > as a port, and have python libxml2 packages for different python > versions if needed. > > Is this the right way to do it? If it's ok, I'll start working on a > patch and port. Is this really necessary? libxml2 builds with Python supported enabled by default. No one has complained thus far. Joe -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBABX+ub2iPiv4Uz4cRAk/dAJ9zSrYHvzzlWZDnkPiFjegULo5S1wCdHYkx pvbDx3PmNnamqlNcPn+ARTQ= =H+qI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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