Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 13:53:18 -0400 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need feedback/review, a big change in AbiWord2 port. Message-ID: <20040608175318.GY72578@toxic.magnesium.net> In-Reply-To: <opr89h2ul39aq2h7@mezz> References: <opr89h2ul39aq2h7@mezz>
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>> (06.08.2004 @ 0209 PST): Jeremy Messenger said, in 2.3K: <<
> Hello,
>
> I have maken a big changes in AbiWord2 port, what I have done:
>
> - Force AbiWord to check/compile everything what apps that are
> installed (headers, libraries, etc) from ports rather than check
> and
> use the stuff that are included in tarball such as wv, zlib,
> libpng,
> popt and etc.
How much compile time does this save? Just curious.
> - Change the default spell from Enchant to Aspell, because it doesn't
> work at all unless you compile Enchant with the Aspell support. I
> think, it's waste to depend on Enchant by default.
>
> Also, I have removed the check of Enchant. I prefer to see force
> user to want use Enchant if they know what to do with it. I need
> the
> help on write the better comment in @${ECHO_CMD} about this.
I disagree strongly with this. I think that Enchant is a great idea.
Enchant isn't being utilized properly ATM, but it has the propensity to
be a great leap forward in i18n spell-checking.
> - Add the new WITH_HTML_HELP_BROWSER knob to allow us install the
> Help
> docs. This cover the ports/66623, but I personal still would like
> to
> see use the DOCSDIR path.
>
> The vote is still open for if you dislike put Help docs in Makefile
> and rather to create a seperate port, just give a shout.
>
> Vote:
> ===================================
> mezz = Makefile
> marcus = seperate port, unless Makefile doesn't turn into mess.
> ===================================
How much space does the installed documentation take up?
# Adam
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