Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 12:42:51 +0100 From: "Tobias C. Berner" <tcberner@freebsd.org> To: Max Brazhnikov <makc@freebsd.org>, Adriaan de Groot <adridg@freebsd.org> Cc: "Tobias C. Berner" <tcberner@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r488656 - head/archivers/ark Message-ID: <CAOshKtcxDETC7t0LLQBk1tBZLTDfduhrBk3oddXmP==qx-NbMg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2925580.fqq9MUTMxn@mercury.ph.man.ac.uk> References: <201812290643.wBT6hrrn004823@repo.freebsd.org> <2925580.fqq9MUTMxn@mercury.ph.man.ac.uk>
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Hi Max I would like to have the KDE packages to be the most useful they can, i.e. "batteries included". People who want to have a limited set can still toggle them off, but those that just use the packages will get a full-fledged usable desktop from the moment they pkg install it. I was scratching my head at whether to enable rar by default or not, because of the licensing issue, but as its license terms allow its redistribution, I found it to be acceptable -- I'm not a lawyer [tm]. If its not, we can revert that one. I don't find package messages sufficient, the easiest example for this is "why don't I have any sound in KDE". While the pkg-message of phonon clearly states that a backend is needed. mfg Tobias On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 at 00:03, Max Brazhnikov <makc@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi, Tobias! > > On =D1=81=D1=83=D0=B1=D0=B1=D0=BE=D1=82=D0=B0, 29 =D0=B4=D0=B5=D0=BA=D0= =B0=D0=B1=D1=80=D1=8F 2018 =D0=B3. 6:43:53 UTC Tobias C. Berner wrote: > > Author: tcberner > > Date: Sat Dec 29 06:43:53 2018 > > New Revision: 488656 > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/488656 > > > > Log: > > archivers/ark: enable options by default > > The reason was to make the package as light as possible and allow users > install > additional packages they need. That why KDE ports had all optional runtim= e > deps > disabled by default. There is another problem with this particular case: > now > ark depends on binary port with non-free license (archivers/rar) and on > archivers/unrar (also with restrictive license), which I find less useful= l > than unrar-iconv. > > > - an archiver that cannot handle archives by default is not great > > Perhaps pkg-message with advice would be sufficient? > > Cheers, > Max > > >
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