Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:16:14 -0500 From: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net> To: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: dwcjr@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD Ports List <ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: CUPS support can be unconditional Message-ID: <20020111191614.GA45396@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> In-Reply-To: <20020111191014.GA45037@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> References: <20020111182721.GA42417@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <20020111134107.J80091-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20020111191014.GA45037@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 02:10:14PM -0500, Alan Eldridge wrote: >On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 01:42:33PM -0500, Joe Clarke wrote: >>On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Alan Eldridge wrote: >> >>> I would recommend, upon some reflection, doing this the way we did in >>> kdelibs. That is, cups-base is unconditional. If somebody really >>> wants to use cups, they can't rely on another port to suck it in via >>> dependency anyway; it doesn't work without being configured. >> >>I don't understand why your making CUPS mandatory for Samba. Some users >>won't want it period. They'll want to stick with BSD printing (like for >>use with apsfilter). This will cause unnecessary download and build time. >> >A user who installs both samba and cups from packages (for example, >when installing a new system from CDROM) finds that it won't work? > >That is a rather gross violation of POLA. > Case in point: Building a new file and print server, I would not be likely to install development tools. So if I want cups + samba, I have to go to another machine with development tools installed, build a new samba, install it, make a package, transfer it back to the machine I'm setting up? That's pretty harsh just to save someone else the time of downloading a 4M package file. -- Alan Eldridge Pmmfmffmmfmp mmmpppppffmpmfpmpppff PmpMpmMpp ppfppp MpfpffmppmppMmpFmmMpm mfpmmmmmfpmpmpppff. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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