Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:54:52 +0200 From: vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I Can Has Packages? Message-ID: <lvdsbvuwmpbmllonsvhr@dwkb> In-Reply-To: <20120819213854.50408ec7.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <mstfdvylnhedwhomycce@vqhb> <20120819213854.50408ec7.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Hai ;) "Polytropon" <freebsd@edvax.de>: > On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:33:49 +0200, vermaden wrote: > > HI, > >=20 > > OpenBSD seems to have packages for everything, even > > for LAME (audio/lame), why FreeBSD can not provide > > package for LAME the same way as OpenBSD does? >=20 > j00 CAN haz pakagez. =3D^_^=3D >=20 > Packages for _everything_ is impossible because of the many > options that may or MAY NOT fit your needs, so things have > to be set at compile time. Just imagine how many different > packages you would have to host for OpenOffice! >=20 > In the past, "pkg_add -r de-openoffice" would have given > you a full-featured german version of OpenOffice, even > including a dictionary. Today, it's not that easy anymore. The OpenBSD team serves these 'complicated' packages by using *flavours* and *subpackages*, packages or their parts compiled with different options, its described in the OpenBSD FAQ here: http://openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html | 15.2.3 - Finding packages |=20 | (...) |=20 | You will notice that certain packages are available in a | few different varieties, formally called flavors. Others | are pieces of the same application which may be | installed separately. They are called subpackages. | This will be detailed further in Using flavors and | subpackages but flavor basically means they are | configured with different sets of options. Currently, | many packages have flavors, for example: database | support, support for systems without X, or network | additions like SSL and IPv6. Every flavor of a package | will have a different suffix in its package name. For | detailed information about package names, please | refer to packages-specs(7). =20 > There are also ports that draw a massive slew of dependencies. > Some of them are of minor importance, like documentation that > urges you to install LaTeX. If that's the default the package > has been created from, installing it will bring teTeX to your > system too, even if _you_ don't need it. >=20 > Also consider programs like mplayer that can have a lot of > codecs. Because it's illegal in the U.S. to listen to MP3, > those may not be included. :-) >=20 > Okay, you get the idea: There may apply "shipping restrictions". > If I remember correctly, there has been such an issue for lame > in the past, but I thought that it would have been resolved. > When trying "make package", it was not possible, and there > also was not package for use with pkg_add. You _had_ to compile > it yourself because the terms of use told so. >=20 > The ports collections has a specific field in Makefile that > gives you information about such issues: >=20 > RESTRICTED=3D patent issues, see http://www.mp3licensing.com/ >=20 > So if OpenBSD serves a lame package (I mean a package containing > lame), you should ask them in how far they have an agreement that > allows them to do so, in comparison to what patent issues prohibit > doing the same on FreeBSD. The OpenBSD port from here: http://openports.se/audio/lame Has its description of LAME as a *educational* tool, maybe that is the reason why they provide package for LAME: | LAME is an educational tool to be used for learning about MP3 | encoding. The goal of the LAME project is to improve the psycho | acoustics, quality and speed of MP3 encoding. My buddy has sent email to OpenBSD LAME port maintainer with question why they can distribute that without concerns, I will let You know if he gets the answer. Regards, vermaden > --=20 > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ...
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