Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 14:59:34 -0400 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need feedback/review, a big change in AbiWord2 port. Message-ID: <20040608185934.GB72578@toxic.magnesium.net> In-Reply-To: <opr9ag46nu9aq2h7@mezz> References: <opr89h2ul39aq2h7@mezz> <20040608175318.GY72578@toxic.magnesium.net> <opr9ag46nu9aq2h7@mezz>
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>> (06.08.2004 @ 1447 PST): Jeremy Messenger said, in 2.6K: <<
> On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 13:53:18 -0400, Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org>
> wrote:
>
> >>>(06.08.2004 @ 0209 PST): Jeremy Messenger said, in 2.3K: <<
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>I have maken a big changes in AbiWord2 port, what I have done:
> >>
> >> - Force AbiWord to check/compile everything what apps that are
> >> installed (headers, libraries, etc) from ports rather than check
> >> and
> >> use the stuff that are included in tarball such as wv, zlib,
> >> libpng,
> >> popt and etc.
> >
> >How much compile time does this save? Just curious.
>
> I don't know, never pay attention after over 20 times built AbiWord.
> Depends on and use the ports tree is the right solution, IMO. :-)
Agreed.
> >> - Change the default spell from Enchant to Aspell, because it doesn't
> >> work at all unless you compile Enchant with the Aspell support. I
> >> think, it's waste to depend on Enchant by default.
> >>
> >> Also, I have removed the check of Enchant. I prefer to see force
> >> user to want use Enchant if they know what to do with it. I need
> >> the
> >> help on write the better comment in @${ECHO_CMD} about this.
> >
> >I disagree strongly with this. I think that Enchant is a great idea.
> >Enchant isn't being utilized properly ATM, but it has the propensity to
> >be a great leap forward in i18n spell-checking.
>
> What's your best suggest then? Force Enchant to compile with Aspell
> support? This is the way that I will allow Enchant to be default. It
> doesn't make any sense to have something that will not work by default. I
> think, it's important to have the default that is just work.
Enchant should theoretically work fine without aspell support. But, I
think that Enchant should be enabled by defaultm, and should work
out-of-the-box, by whatever means necessary.
> >> - Add the new WITH_HTML_HELP_BROWSER knob to allow us install the
> >> Help
> >> docs. This cover the ports/66623, but I personal still would like
> >> to
> >> see use the DOCSDIR path.
> >>
> >> The vote is still open for if you dislike put Help docs in Makefile
> >> and rather to create a seperate port, just give a shout.
> >>
> >> Vote:
> >> ===================================
> >> mezz = Makefile
> >> marcus = seperate port, unless Makefile doesn't turn into mess.
> >> ===================================
> >
> >How much space does the installed documentation take up?
>
> I think, we shouldn't pay attention to the space as long we have the knob
> option to disable the Help docs install. It won't make any difference for
> Makefile w/ knob option vs seperate port. However, the size is about 877
> KB (of tacos ;-).
877 KB isn't that bad. Plus, taco support should always be enabled. You
got my vote for these changes.
# Adam
>
> Cheers,
> Mezz
>
> ># Adam
> >
> >
> >--
> >Adam Weinberger
> >adamw@magnesium.net || adamw@FreeBSD.org
> >adamw@vectors.cx || adamw@gnome.org
> >http://www.vectors.cx
>
>
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>> end of "Re: Need feedback/review, a big change in AbiWord2 port." from Jeremy Messenger <<
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