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Date:      Fri, 4 Nov 2022 12:20:41 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>
To:        Jan Beich <jbeich@freebsd.org>
Cc:        ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: 6a5b2121a0ad - main - graphics/libimagequant: update to 4.0.4
Message-ID:  <Y2UDmcfPEMWfqpFw@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <leor-gdvq-wny@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <202211021359.2A2DxrBH094375@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <Y2TNi44/QDAROBao@FreeBSD.org> <r0yj-m6i8-wny@FreeBSD.org> <Y2TbRWWRiu%2BxdPEc@FreeBSD.org> <leor-gdvq-wny@FreeBSD.org>

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On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 12:25:45PM +0100, Jan Beich wrote:
> Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> writes:
> > On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 10:08:31AM +0100, Jan Beich wrote:
> >> Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> writes:
> >> > Please do not introduce Rust into common dependency path as many us
> >> > simply cannot build it due to its huge resource requirements, thank
> >> > you.
> >> ...
> >> or disable LIQ option in graphics/gd.
> >
> > Yeah, that's what I did and should probably ask both ports' maintainers
> > to change the defaults.
> 
> That would violate "batteries included" policy for binary packages.

Not everyone is using binary packages, and there's always a trade-off to
make.  For many of us Rust is a big "no", and if LIQ is not particularly
useful for a typical user, there is little reason to have it enabled by
default, given the price.  Defaults should be sane.

./danfe



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