Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 23:10:03 GMT From: "Oleg Pudeyev" <oleg.pudeyev@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/120199: audio/mp3splt: make dependency on ogg vorbis optional Message-ID: <200802012310.m11NA3mv031760@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/120199; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Oleg Pudeyev" <oleg.pudeyev@gmail.com> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: ports/120199: audio/mp3splt: make dependency on ogg vorbis optional Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 17:33:24 -0500 I don't have a single ogg file on any of my computers. Yet I have, as do you, both libogg and libvorbis installed. I use mp3splt to trim crossfading from mp3 files I obtain with streamripper, and I don't see ogg/vorbis getting popular for streaming radio any time soon. My laptop however is rather low on memory, and loading unnecessary libraries contributes to slow performance. Clearly one library in one application won't make a big splash, but systematically making optional dependencies truly optional will have a substantial impact. Consider redhat vs debian -- the fact that deb provides for optional dependencies tends to make debian-based installations noticeably smaller. Oleg
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