Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:13:40 +0200 From: "Vlad K." <vlad-fbsd@acheronmedia.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: harder and harder to avoid pkg Message-ID: <ff4a1e93a21ce0f599ed5ca7fe0a9a5d@acheronmedia.com> In-Reply-To: <638fe078-80db-2492-90be-f1280eb8d445@freebsd.org> References: <638fe078-80db-2492-90be-f1280eb8d445@freebsd.org>
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On 2016-10-11 20:59, Julian Elischer wrote: > are unsuitable for some situations. We really need to follow the lead > of some of the Linux groups and have -runtime and -devel versions of > packages, OR we what woudlbe smarter, woudl be to have several "sub > manifests" to allow unpacking in different environments. Is as adding a "HEADERS" or whatever you want to call the option to ports, a solution? Like we have DOC for documentation, an option that could be PLIST sub'd and switch installation of include/whatever.h and friends? Yes it's a ton of work requiring to go through many ports, but looking at a random sample, it could be scripted and manual labor reduced. To me something like this sounds very much consistent what other options, like DOC and MANPAGES, already do. And with individual options you don't presume package roles like -dev or -runtime or -whatever and you can combine as you want them. And eventually if, hopefully when, package variants are implemented, maybe the official pkg repo can include all the variants, but then, I think, that's only a matter of logistics and resource available to build all those combinations and store them. But the basic mechanism for it should be a port option, imho. -- Vlad K.
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