From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 29 02:23:38 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F35C106566B for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:23:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA5BA8FC0C for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:23:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q0T2N5Ie002654; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:23:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 897D11235E; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:23:05 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:23:05 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Robert Bonomi Message-ID: <20120129022305.GB11891@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <20120128233048.GA7513@slackbox.erewhon.net> <201201290207.q0T27phR069307@mail.r-bonomi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7ZAtKRhVyVSsbBD2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201201290207.q0T27phR069307@mail.r-bonomi.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When I put up any version of FBSD I usually try to install Maxima ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:23:38 -0000 --7ZAtKRhVyVSsbBD2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:07:51PM -0600, Robert Bonomi wrote: >=20 > Roland Smith wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:09:34PM +0100, Michel Talon wrote: > > > > > occur, a port maintainer should only include the *strict minimum* > > > dependencies necessary to make the port work, it is not his job to in= clude > > > the whole kitchen sink of dependencies that could be useful in some c= ases. > > > > So you would advocate to set all options to off be default? Why not sub= mit a > > PR to that effect? >=20 > _I_ would suggest that it might make good sense to have as many as _three_ > choices of binary installations for ports with 'lots' (FSVO 'lots' :) of > dependencies -- a 'bare minimums' working version, a 'typical' version, a= nd > an 'including the kitchen sink' version. It would also hugely increase the complexity of the packages system. Imagin= e that a "bare minimum" version of package X requires the 'kitchen sink' version of package Y? Unless you can enforce that "bare minimum" versions should only require other "bare minimum" versions, this will get ugly fast. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --7ZAtKRhVyVSsbBD2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk8krYkACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVWyQCfUBFxS1LY6Zo5FGGPaoXynI1S 6fwAn0SR9oFtYBUOpJYiJrtssomZA78A =xjIu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7ZAtKRhVyVSsbBD2--