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Date:      Wed, 5 Jan 2000 00:24:10 -0500 (EST)
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
To:        Patrick Bihan-Faou <patrick@mindstep.com>
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.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001050022370.66359-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <011c01bf573c$a436eae0$c80aa8c0@local.mindstep.com>

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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."


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I've been at work since Sunday and have the pillow and blanket to prove
it. Sorry for being vague.



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