Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 06:14:34 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> To: blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> Cc: Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com>, FreeBSD ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Bringing SUB-PACKAGES to ports Message-ID: <F059ABD3-C908-4EAA-A295-7BC8AA2E934B@adamw.org> In-Reply-To: <CALM2mE=dBTWYu4SBPKGLBLWpMdLJWgKuZ2iY5PkZmQUMa02u7g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOc73CCjofO4NpMBkChywOWn-g65wJcsJ7xUGshqf2FB=vCBpA@mail.gmail.com> <CALM2mE=dBTWYu4SBPKGLBLWpMdLJWgKuZ2iY5PkZmQUMa02u7g@mail.gmail.com>
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> On 7 Dec, 2017, at 4:16, blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > You guys seem to be attempting to do some cool things here and I = actually > appreciate flavors since those tools; python, ruby, go, pearl, php, = etc are > too complicated to maintained without some types of "Flavors" >=20 > Android has been dealing with issues like this for a long time and = they > solved it with Gradle and product flavors: > https://developer.android.com/studio/build/build-variants.html >=20 > Instead of reinventing the wheel or knocking your head against brick = walls, > take a look at the product flavors for some inspiration? >=20 > subheading Configure Product Flavors: > https://developer.android.com/studio/build/build-variants.html We already have flavors. # Adam --=20 Adam Weinberger adamw@adamw.org https://www.adamw.org >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 >> Hi everyone, >>=20 >> Thank you very much for flavors. It has been long awaited, and will = be a >> great step forward for FreeBSD. >>=20 >> Onwards and upwards: What is the status of subpackages? >>=20 >> Speaking to bapt at BSDTW, it sounded like flavors was going to be = the >> difficult change, and subpackages would then be easy. >>=20 >> Given that we are going through the transition to flavors now, and = the >> ports tools are getting updated to support it, would it be a good = idea to >> introduce subpackages now also? That way people who are getting = familiar >> with the changes required to the ports tools can use their new = familiarity >> whilst it is fresh to support both. >>=20 >> For those that aren=E2=80=99t familiar: >> - Flavors: build a port multiple times with different = options/dependencies >> to create multiple packages >> - Subpackages: build a port once and chop the resulting files into = multiple >> subpackages >>=20 >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Ports/FlavorsAndSubPackages >>=20 >> Regards, >> Ben >> -- >>=20 >> -- >> From: Benjamin Woods >> woodsb02@gmail.com >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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