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Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/libwww - Imported sources 
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Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 20:03:59 +0800
From: Peter Wemm <peter@jhome.DIALix.COM>
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>Satoshi Asami wrote:
>
>>  * I don't think it makes much sense to put libwww into the www
>>  * directory because its useless for joe-average-user. It does not
>>  * contain any executables (like tiff or jpeg for example)...
>> 
>> Um, whether it's useful for Joe FreeBSD user is not an issue here.  We 
>> never classified ports by skill level. :)
>
>I meant: it's only usefull for people who want to develop a www application
>with this particular library.
>
>autoconf, bcc, bison and so on are not useful for "Joe FreeBSD user" - that's
>why they are in the "devel" directory...
>
> -tb

And what happens when a program is written that uses this library comes
in as a port?  You'd have to install the "developemnt" library in order
to use the final finished program?

Take ports/www/comline for example..  It uses libwww-4.0D, and it's not a
development tool.  It's currently downloading and building it's own version of
libwww-4.0D.

IMO, libwww should be in ports/www, and ports/www/comline should use it (if
possible) rather than statically compiling in "yet another" copy of the code.

Cheers,
-Peter