Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 21:57:48 +0100 (MET) From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: Torsten Blum <torstenb@solar.tlk.com> Cc: fenner@parc.xerox.com, se@freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need "a" ghostscript Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961108214537.1098A-100000@klemm.gtn.com> In-Reply-To: <m0vLoFO-000HzCC@solar.tlk.com>
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On Fri, 8 Nov 1996, Torsten Blum wrote:
> Andreas Klemm wrote:
>
> > I think we could remove ghostscript 2.6.2 and 3.x port. gs4 seems
> > pretty stable. No need to keep several versions like with tcl/tk.
> >
> > Does somebody have something against removal of gs2 and gs3 port ?!
>
> gs2 has a different licence than gs3 and gs4.
> (gs4 restricts commercial redistribution).
> We should keep at least gs2 (IMHO)
If we have multiple gs versions around, we should perhaps call one
gs and the others gs<Version> ...
Since gs 2 is at least less restrictive as the others, gs 2 might
become 'gs' and the others gs3 and gs4.
Remember, the startingpoint of this discussion was, that Bill said,
gs could be any gs version in the example below:
RUN_DEPENDS= gs:${PORTSDIR}/print/ghostscript4
The port dependency might mean, you really need ghostscript4, but
gs could be _any_ gs version ... 2, 3 or 4.
Would it be ok, to keep them all and rename the binaries of the
ghostscript Versions 3 and 4 to gs3 and gs4 ?!
Ok one problem remains, all ghostscript versions come with some utilities
in /usr/local/bin of the same name ... A recommendation would be, to install
only one version ...
Or should we keep the situation "as is" ?
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