Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 21:24:22 +0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADUP] FLAVORS landing. Message-ID: <c01a5ca4-7ec8-d271-9130-7ed6d13d1f9e@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <5f2632cd-4c7c-c1e3-d4f9-292c5cfe90a1@freebsd.org> References: <dcc6fa75-8325-01e9-4a86-e3bc61bb27a2@FreeBSD.org> <b964b742-389d-a4e6-0f5f-f30f976d79bd@freebsd.org> <a236f275-4cff-72d1-7d90-955a43062458@FreeBSD.org> <c7e8a348-0b17-d5e8-bf8d-e499c813f8d7@arved.at> <e7cfc564-3c59-e21d-2586-89436a3abb38@FreeBSD.org> <91d1252c-5398-dca8-f337-959fa722efc7@freebsd.org> <5f2632cd-4c7c-c1e3-d4f9-292c5cfe90a1@freebsd.org>
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On 27/9/17 8:17 pm, Stefan Esser wrote: > Am 27.09.17 um 13:52 schrieb Julian Elischer: >> On 27/9/17 4:20 pm, Matthew Seaman wrote: >> >> Before this gets too far down the road I would like to suggest that we >> quickly formalise some nomenclature >> or we will have 200 different ideas as to how to do the same thing; >> >> I would like to propose the following possible "examples of official" >> flavours: >> -nodocs .. nearly every port has a DOCS option.. a way to >> automatically turn it off globally and generate said pkgs would be good. >> -minimal .. smallest possible feature set.. probably used just to >> satisfy some stupid dependency. >> -kitchensink .. speaks for itself .. options lit up like a christmas >> tree >> -runtime .. no .a files, include files, development >> documentation or sources .. >> might only contain a single libxx.so.N file, or a >> single binary executable. > No, these are no good examples for flavours, as I understand them ... why not? that's part of the problem here. It's not really defined.. sub packages? flavours? what's the difference? It's not defined and a dozen examples would go a long way to help. I know what I want.. that's to be able to populate my appliance without all the stuff I don't need. I also have a different requirement for my application build environment. There I need all the includes etc. How I get there is still a mystery. > > These are possible typical sub-package categories, or rather you could > remove the DOCS from the base port, but offer a sub-package for them. > > > I'd rather think that NO-X11 might become a typical flavour, or the > dependency on a particular crypto library (e.g. openssl vs. libressl). > > > Regards, STefan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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