Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:23:05 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When I put up any version of FBSD I usually try to install Maxima ... Message-ID: <20120129022305.GB11891@slackbox.erewhon.net> In-Reply-To: <201201290207.q0T27phR069307@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <20120128233048.GA7513@slackbox.erewhon.net> <201201290207.q0T27phR069307@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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--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 <rsmith@xs4all.nl> 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--
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