Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 15:28:25 +0000 From: Lorenzo Salvadore <phascolarctos@protonmail.ch> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: package : chez-scheme-9.5 : x11 dependencies : why? Message-ID: <LrDztH-LyLsQw1-SJWcnlikLV-2Bfc5yauFCt7TcQAeypKs9zx8gtdVz126sZayh0U072oBZBvBZOY2eH8SsVdM-q3CsWcjca5JB38uOboE=@protonmail.ch> In-Reply-To: <3cbeeae36d508d23eaec97715a8b8760@kathe.in> References: <3cbeeae36d508d23eaec97715a8b8760@kathe.in>
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> okay, so i might be getting on the nerves of some people with my > rhetoric > about unnecessary dependencies, and i am really sorry about that. > > i just don't seem to understand why a package like chez-scheme-9.5 has > to > depend upon x11 libraries; libX11, libxcb, libXdmcp, xorgproto and > libXau. > the rest, i.e. libxml2 and libpthread are understandable, but why x11? > > also, would like to know the method to find the name and email address > of > a package creator/maintainer so that i can contact him/her directly, > that > would be better than tormenting this mailing list, i think. ;-) > and is it possible to accomplish the above using the "pkg" tools. > > thanks, > > ~mayuresh To contact the maintainer directly you should post a bug on the following w= ebsite: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ If the summary of your bug starts with "category/portname: " (for example, = www/firefox: ), then the maintainer will automaticaly receive an e-mail with your bug descr= iption. If you want to contact the maintainer without the bugzilla intermediary, yo= u can find the e-mail address looking at the output of pkg info (for example, "pkg info www/firefox"). Lorenzo Salvadore.
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