Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:58:00 -0500 From: Michael Scheidell <scheidell@freebsd.org> To: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org, Wesley Shields <wxs@freebsd.org>, gabor@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/astro/merkaartor Makefile Message-ID: <4F1AC468.3000708@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgmgFayVQw64TNtj4e4QJCUHs%2B=8YFFODPp=GmnGG1hdMw@mail.gmail.com> References: <201201210047.q0L0lGNH027714@repoman.freebsd.org> <20120121031649.GA89853@atarininja.org> <CAF6rxgmgFayVQw64TNtj4e4QJCUHs%2B=8YFFODPp=GmnGG1hdMw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 1/21/12 12:32 AM, Eitan Adler wrote:
>> As it stands now, if I don't have gnome-session then this port will not
>> bring in the gnome stuff for me. What if I want it to bring in gnome?
>> There is no way for this port to conditionally bring in gnome for me. If
>> it sees I already have gnome it will honor that but there is no way for
>> me to say "I don't have gnome, but please bring in the necessary parts
>> and register dependencies for me".
> In addition, what if I have GNOME on the box I'm building on but would
> like to build a port for a box without GNOME?
>
> Automagical dependencies should be avoided.
>
all good points, and I think that since the maintainer uses merkaartor
(hopefully), and knows what the most important or common deployments
are, maybe we should engage him in the conversation.
Would you suggest I open a PR? or would it be better for wxs/ and/ or
eadler to open one and carefully describe what you think the behavior
would be? (yes, we all love/hate GNATS.. but at least it makes sure the
maintainer gets involved in the decisions)
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