Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:58:58 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Pierre-Luc Drouin <pldrouin@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Too many binary packages are missing Message-ID: <20101013235858.d23d9279.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=pP=dxQtwq4v%2B1ybzNHL1uhf5_n2c0sAj6MP_k@mail.gmail.com> References: <4CB5E081.8070809@rawbw.com> <20101013175107.GA74687@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4CB5F3BA.6050801@rawbw.com> <AANLkTi=pP=dxQtwq4v%2B1ybzNHL1uhf5_n2c0sAj6MP_k@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:06:55 -0400, Pierre-Luc Drouin <pldrouin@gmail.com> wrote: > I think it would be nice if at least one binary package was available with > the most "typical" dependencies. For example, I am not a native English > speaker, but I would not mind using the English version OO if I could > download it as a binary package... Just my $0.02... Just imagine - in the past, you could "pkg_add -r fr-openoffice" to get a french (I assume you are, according to your name) localized version of OpenOffice *including* a french dictionary! Unbelievable! A miracle! Magic! :-) (OpenOffice is the *only* program *I* use in the german version.) It's sad that those easy times seem to be over... In case of OpenOffice, I would say "as few dependencies as needed" would be a good approach. I mean... everyone is talking about modularity in software, about exchangable components and so on, so THIS would be a good place to use those concepts, like let a program "dynamically" pick up optional components if they are installed, or work without them if not. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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