Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 08:02:42 +0400 From: =?koi8-r?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com>, FreeBSD Ports Team <ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Ville Eerola <ve@sci.fi> Subject: Re: Fetchmail and Python Message-ID: <19980611080242.A19319@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <19980610230553.A3922@flarn.dyn.ml.org>; from mph@pobox.com on Wed, Jun 10, 1998 at 11:05:53PM -0400 References: <19980610230553.A3922@flarn.dyn.ml.org>
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On Wed, Jun 10, 1998 at 11:05:53PM -0400, Matthew Hunt wrote: > Ville Eerola <ve@sci.fi> has submitted an upgrade to his port > of fetchmail, PR 6866. Recent versions of fetchmail include a > Python script for configuring fetchmail. > > Ville has added a RUN_DEPENDS line for lang/python; I am concerned > about this dependency, because it would require Python, Tk80, and > X11 to be installed to install the fetchmail port, when they are > only required for a non-essential component. > > Opinions? Would it be better to print a warning, stating that the > configurator will fail if python is not installed? Other ideas? I am against RUN_DEPENDS on python too. I never touch my fetchmail configuration written once years ago. -- Andrey A. Chernov http://www.nagual.pp.ru/~ache/ MTH/SH/HE S-- W-- N+ PEC>+ D A a++ C G>+ QH+(++) 666+>++ Y To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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