From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Feb 1 11:34:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7A703EB7 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 11:34:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA89904; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 14:33:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 14:33:47 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey To: Will Andrews Cc: Dan Langille , ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: skip requires X? In-Reply-To: <20000201141612.A405@argon.blackdawn.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Will Andrews wrote: > On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 01:40:50PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > > We have *many* ports that have dependencies added above the minimum, > > because they add more usefulness. Example is the kde* ports which all use > > sound, and so have sound ports as dependencies. Trying to say that a > > graphics port like gd isn't *well* justified in adding dependencies like a > > graphics output device is ludicrous. > > Gee, then why was my kdevelop port's dependencies rejected? They all add > "more usefulness", too. (And I seriously don't mean to elevate the tension > here..) > > I think the solution would be what I've heard before - "optional > dependencies", which I believe Jeremy Lea was working on... > > I'm not (in particular) complaining that much about this deficiency. However, > things could be done differently, in a more flexible manner. Now that way of approaching things I can completely agree with. It would indeed be a good thing if it were possible to option in or out some dependencies at build time. Make packaging damn near impossible, tho. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message