Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 17:02:34 +0200 From: Thierry Thomas <thierry@freebsd.org> To: Tobias Kortkamp <tobik@freebsd.org> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r482482 - head/x11-fonts/liberation-fonts-ttf Message-ID: <20181020150234.GI28932@graf.pompo.net> In-Reply-To: <1540041718.917168.1548689632.46E304E9@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <201810201026.w9KAQhHN077740@repo.freebsd.org> <1540032055.882466.1548613400.169F7593@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20181020130408.GH28932@graf.pompo.net> <1540041718.917168.1548689632.46E304E9@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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Le sam. 20 oct. 18 à 15:21:58 +0200, Tobias Kortkamp <tobik@FreeBSD.org> écrivait : > > Yes, there is, but a GH_DISTNAME macro is missing from our GH_ stuff, > > and I do not want to handle a specific MASTER_SITES for that. > > So everyone is forced to live with additional build dependencies > for a tiny bit of extra maintainer convenience? :-( > > Building fontforge is not something you'd have to do to build a > package set for a FreeBSD desktop normally. BUILD_DEPENDS do not belong to a packages set! > > Furthermore it is now possible to get other formats (woff, etc.) if > > someone needs them. > > Has someone actually requested it? Anyway this could be a non-default > option in the port. Not yet, and upstream do not build them by default, but Web Open Font Format (WOFF) is a W3C recommendation. This is a good case for multi-packages, and I'd like to add it when it will be available. > > The disadvantage is only some BUILD_DEPENDS for ports builders, but > > these are light ports. > > These things add up fast. OK, I've just added an item to my TODO-list: - use something like GH_DISTNAME with USE_GITHUB is set. -- Th. Thomas.
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