Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 13:22:14 -0300 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania@gmail.com> To: marcus@freebsd.org, bug-followup@freebsd.org Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/137367: net/libproxy: add menu option to configure dependence on Python Message-ID: <e71790db0908090922y14381883j22e61ea5b9b7561c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200908082111.n78LBteY066459@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200908082111.n78LBteY066459@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:11 PM, <marcus@freebsd.org> wrote: > Synopsis: net/libproxy: add menu option to configure dependence on Python > > State-Changed-From-To: open->suspended > State-Changed-By: marcus > State-Changed-When: Sat Aug 8 21:11:22 UTC 2009 > State-Changed-Why: > If Python support is to be made optional, I'd rather it be broken out into > a separate port like libproxy-mozjs. > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=137367 Making it a separate port would ruin the very purpose of the patch, which is to make it possible to build a light desktop environment, based on Xfce. I'm attempting to reduce the number of dependencies, mainly Python. Please refer to the followup to ports/137368. -- My preferred quotation of Robert Louis Stevenson is "You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs". Not because I like the omelettes, but because I like the sound of eggs being broken.
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