From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 21 13:57:57 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA4CD106566B; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:57:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scheidell@freebsd.org) Received: from mx2.secnap.com.ionspam.net (mx2.secnap.com.ionspam.net [216.134.223.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 859838FC12; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:57:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx2.secnap.com.ionspam.net (unknown [10.71.0.54]) by mx2.secnap.com.ionspam.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09564D23C0D; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:57:57 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: SpammerTrap(r) VPS-1500 2.17 at mx2.secnap.com.ionspam.net Received: from USBCTDC001.secnap.com (unknown [10.70.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx2.secnap.com.ionspam.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A74FD23C0C; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:57:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from MikeBook-Air.local (10.80.0.4) by USBCTDC001.secnap.com (10.70.1.1) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.0.722.0; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:57:55 -0500 Message-ID: <4F1AC468.3000708@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:58:00 -0500 From: Michael Scheidell Organization: SECNAP Network Security Corp User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; en-US; rv:1.9.2.20) Gecko/20110804 Thunderbird/3.1.12 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eitan Adler References: <201201210047.q0L0lGNH027714@repoman.freebsd.org> <20120121031649.GA89853@atarininja.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org, Wesley Shields , gabor@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/astro/merkaartor Makefile X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: **OBSOLETE** CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:57:57 -0000 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) -- Michael Scheidell, CTO o: 561-999-5000 d: 561-948-2259 >*| *SECNAP Network Security Corporation * Best Mobile Solutions Product of 2011 * Best Intrusion Prevention Product * Hot Company Finalist 2011 * Best Email Security Product * Certified SNORT Integrator