From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Jan 4 21:23:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from jade.chc-chimes.com (jade.chc-chimes.com [216.28.46.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F8CC14ED8 for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 21:23:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from billf@chc-chimes.com) Received: by jade.chc-chimes.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B74831C4A; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 00:24:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jade.chc-chimes.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A776D3819; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 00:24:10 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 00:24:10 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola To: Patrick Bihan-Faou Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/15873: New Apache_fp+php+mod_ssl-1.3.9+3.0.12+2.4.8 port. In-Reply-To: <011c01bf573c$a436eae0$c80aa8c0@local.mindstep.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Patrick Bihan-Faou wrote: > > and the apache13 port might also have a dialog script that could choose > > all of the above (and resolve conflicts etc). > > I am not sure weither you are being sarchastic here or not :)... > > I guess you are right there need to be something like that, but maybe the > answer is not the FreeBSD port system. My point was that having so many > apache ports is more annoying than beneficial, especially when you start to > go in dependencies stuff... > > SO to rephrase my comment, a *minimal* set of apache ports for the really > major conflicts inducing tricky interaction of some major modules is OK. But > having an apache port for each and every combination of apache modules that > exist is NOT a good thing. What if I want mod_frontpage but not php or > mod_ssl ? Let me rephrase my comment too: ".... a dialog script that a person could choose from the above mod_* ports and mix and match them. Selecting none, some, or all of them." -- - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - I've been at work since Sunday and have the pillow and blanket to prove it. Sorry for being vague. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message