Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 19:32:57 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>, "ports@FreeBSD.org" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: dependency explosions Message-ID: <8108f068-c1b3-0c72-d094-a9ee138bb113@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <d14d1aaf-5bdb-2e09-2892-2e32c4db0810@FreeBSD.org> References: <2df71272-7b98-ad73-650a-3ec70beb71d5@freebsd.org> <d14d1aaf-5bdb-2e09-2892-2e32c4db0810@FreeBSD.org>
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On 3/10/2016 5:14 AM, Mathieu Arnold wrote: > Le 01/10/2016 à 04:35, Julian Elischer a écrit : >> There is a need for a "minimum" install of a lot of packages. > Some dependencies are often optional, and can be unchecked by running > make config. but you can never really know the effect. there should be a use minimum environment variable and as I said, the minimum is usually what is required for build dependencies. And the minimum install may require less "other" packages thus reducing the explosion. > >> Such a 'minimum' install should probably be the default when coming in >> as a dependency, as >> there is an increasing tendency to configure things with all the bells >> and whistles. > The bare minimum will never be the default. The default is what will > fit most people, so that they can use our packages out of the box. >
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