Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 04:03:59 +0000 From: Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> To: Lorenzo Salvadore <phascolarctos@protonmail.ch> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: package : chez-scheme-9.5 : x11 dependencies : why? Message-ID: <48e2e4b5bdbf6924d3f5484238f52041@kathe.in> In-Reply-To: <LrDztH-LyLsQw1-SJWcnlikLV-2Bfc5yauFCt7TcQAeypKs9zx8gtdVz126sZayh0U072oBZBvBZOY2eH8SsVdM-q3CsWcjca5JB38uOboE=@protonmail.ch> References: <3cbeeae36d508d23eaec97715a8b8760@kathe.in> <LrDztH-LyLsQw1-SJWcnlikLV-2Bfc5yauFCt7TcQAeypKs9zx8gtdVz126sZayh0U072oBZBvBZOY2eH8SsVdM-q3CsWcjca5JB38uOboE=@protonmail.ch>
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On 2018-10-22 03:28 PM, Lorenzo Salvadore via freebsd-questions wrote: >> okay, so i might be getting on the nerves of some people with my >> rhetoric >> about unnecessary dependencies, and i am really sorry about that. >> >> i just don't seem to understand why a package like chez-scheme-9.5 has >> to >> depend upon x11 libraries; libX11, libxcb, libXdmcp, xorgproto and >> libXau. >> the rest, i.e. libxml2 and libpthread are understandable, but why x11? >> >> also, would like to know the method to find the name and email address >> of >> a package creator/maintainer so that i can contact him/her directly, >> that >> would be better than tormenting this mailing list, i think. ;-) >> and is it possible to accomplish the above using the "pkg" tools. >> >> thanks, >> >> ~mayuresh > > To contact the maintainer directly you should post a bug on the > following website: > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ > > If the summary of your bug starts with "category/portname: " (for > example, www/firefox: ), > then the maintainer will automaticaly receive an e-mail with your bug > description. > > If you want to contact the maintainer without the bugzilla > intermediary, you > can find the e-mail address looking at the output of pkg info (for > example, > "pkg info www/firefox"). okay, that's a rather nice approach. thanks lorenzo, much appreciate that tip. ~mayuresh
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