Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 14:19:35 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Koop Mast <kwm@FreeBSD.org> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Grandfather dependencies completely out of control Message-ID: <4BDDEC67.7090808@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1272795699.58527.26.camel@headache.rainbow-runner.nl> References: <4BDD1728.8080903@FreeBSD.org> <1272795699.58527.26.camel@headache.rainbow-runner.nl>
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On 05/02/10 03:21, Koop Mast wrote: > One of the scripts provided by devel/glib20 is a perl script. That is the reason why > we need perl. Thanks for the response, couple things come to mind. First, how many things actually make use of those perl/python scripts? If the number is small they should probably be OPTIONS that default to off, or slave ports as Thomas suggested. Meanwhile, I still don't understand why qbittorrent needs a pkgdep on perl when it cannot use perl in any way, and will not be affected in any way if perl is updated, or disappears entirely. The glib dependency is 6 layers deep from qbittorrent, isn't this just a little silly? Doug -- ... and that's just a little bit of history repeating. -- Propellerheads Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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