Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:21:05 -0600 (CST) From: supraexpress@globaleyes.net To: FreeBSD Gnome <freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: add pstoedit as a dependency to inkscape Message-ID: <20050317192113.AFD0643D1F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20050317171526.GC96355@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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Whilst I am not a developer or ports maintainer, I DO really appreciate, as a user, ports that have additional optional "extensions" associated with a port, made available through build options (with notices in the Makefile). I use this functionality A LOT in several ports, such as MPlayer. As a "user" of Inkscape, and FreeBSD ports in general, I "vote" for the inclusion of an optional make functionality for PSTOEDIT for INKSCAPE, with some comments as has been done with MPlayer - or at least something to indicate WHY PSTOEDIT would be useful. On 17 Mar, Fernan Aguero wrote: > +----[ Alexander Nedotsukov <bland@freebsd.org> (17.Mar.2005 12:52): > | > | Fernan Aguero wrote: > | > | >+----[ To FreeBSD Gnome <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> (16.Mar.2005 16:56): > | >| > | >| All of them disappear by installing pstoedit. The attached > | >| patch adds pstoedit to RUN_DEPENDS. > | >| > | >+----] > | > > | >Should I open a PR so that it doesn't get lost ... it's a > | >tiny and simple patch, though. > | > > | Well. I get it. But this tiny patch brings in big dependecy. I in a > | doubt that majority of people will be happy to build and install that > | stuff just for the sake of EPS import. > > So, maybe it can be made optional or at least visible, > perhaps by adding a pkg-message. The problem right now is > that apart from the error messages I mentioned -- and that > some users are requesting to be removed, see: > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=6764851&forum_id=37513 > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=6770453&forum_id=36054 > it is difficult for a user to know that s/he can install > external software to gain functionality. pstoedit is not > even mentioned in http://www.inkscape.org/tools.php (though > this is not our business, I'm about to report it to the > inkscape people). > > In the future this might not be necessary since a > plug-in/extension manager is planned to be added to the > inkscape GUI, and messages of this kind might well go in > there. > > | I also can see other extensions > | like DIA not plugged-in by default. From the other hand if they > | (pstoedit, dia) installed inkscape should pickup them at run-time. > > Yes, they are not actually dependencies, since inkscape > would run nonetheless without them. But they are key > extensions IMO. Perhaps anyone using inkscape just knows > what s/he needs to install. Or perhaps we can just add a > pkg-message to raise atention about a number of selected > ports that would make a good addition to inkscape. > > | What do you think guys? > > This is what I think. Other ideas?
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