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Date:      Wed, 2 Dec 1998 07:55:04 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>
To:        Vanilla Pooh Shu <vanilla@ns.oneway.net>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Roxen Challenger?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812020751350.78234-100000@picnic.mat.net>
In-Reply-To: <19981202142724.A29587@ns.oneway.net>

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On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Vanilla Pooh Shu wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 01, 1998 at 09:20:24PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote:
> Roxen writen by pike,
> 
> we should make pike ports first.
> 
> pike is another script language, you can find pike on
> http://pike.idonex.se
> 
> and pike should depend with 
> 
> gdbm
> giflib
> png
> msql
> mysql
> postgresql
> ssleay
> jpeg
> freetype

I think someone should give more consideration to the difference between
"works with" and "requires".  Pike doesn't require any database, and
should not depend on that list above.  The fact that it includes drivers
that allow you to *optionally* use the database is great, but taking
every application, and forcing it to install as a 50 MB behemoth is
wrong.  Look at postgresql itself, which uses the USE_TCL flag to bring
in tcl, as a good example of the *right* way to do it.

> -- 
> 
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> 
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