Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 13:13:31 +0100 From: Jan Beich <jbeich@FreeBSD.org> To: Luca Pizzamiglio <pizzamig@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Ports mailing list <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Subpackage explanations Message-ID: <sf2l-8vbo-wny@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAB88xy-8hAknWJDRBjbJo2%2Bw878ZMosKcvQbpKVzwq%2BH7%2Bzuyg@mail.gmail.com> (Luca Pizzamiglio's message of "Wed, 24 Jan 2024 10:28:48 %2B0100") References: <CAB88xy-8hAknWJDRBjbJo2%2Bw878ZMosKcvQbpKVzwq%2BH7%2Bzuyg@mail.gmail.com>
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Luca Pizzamiglio <pizzamig@freebsd.org> writes: > The first use case we want to get rid of is master/slave ports when slave > ports could be built with the master port. Could doesn't necessarily mean should. For example, merging gimp-jxl-plugin back into libjxl would increase build time and risk of "missing packages" due to larger dependency chain in a port used by many directly and even more indirectly. > 2. the build is going to change the configuration of appstream, enabling > the compose OPTION, to build the dependency. Known limitation even without subpackages e.g., https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=247517 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251855 https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2005-August/025244.html Gentoo shows how such support may look like e.g., https://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/dependencies/#built-with-use-dependencies > * all options enabling subpkg has to be ON by default, to not introduce > broken dependencies Often already done as "batteries included" even without subpackages. > * we encourage to limit the introduction of those optional subpackages, > limiting their adoption only for cases where the related subpackage adds a > relevant set of dependencies Removing options is a POLA violation, so this may hinder subpackages adoption. What was supposed to be a mechanical change ends up requiring deeper insight into all possible use cases for a given port.
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